章

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

章 (Kangxi radical 117, 立+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿日十 (YTAJ), four-corner 0040₆, composition ⿱立早 or ⿱音十)

Derived characters

• 障, 蟑, 嶂, 墇, 嫜, 傽, 彰, 璋, 獐, 幛, 瘴, 暲, 樟, 漳, 慞

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 871, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25761
• Dae Jaweon: page 1301, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2709, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7AE0

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 章
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : A chisel (䇂, now 辛) piercing a piece of untreated jade (now 日). Originally meaning "to treat jade", likely the original character of 璋 or 彰.

Pronunciation

Definitions

章

1. chapter; section

   九章算術／九章算术  ―  jiǔ zhāng suànshù  ―  The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art

   章節／章节  ―  zhāngjié  ―  chapter, section

   樂章／乐章  ―  yuèzhāng  ―  (music) movement

2. composition; structure

   文章  ―  wénzhāng  ―  article, essay

3. rules; regulations; constitution; charter

   章程  ―  zhāngchéng  ―  rules; charter

   按章工作  ―  ànzhānggōngzuò  ―  work-to-rule

4. seal; stamp

   圖章／图章  ―  túzhāng  ―  stamp, seal

5. badge; medal; emblem

   徽章  ―  huīzhāng  ―  badge, emblem

6. order (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   雜亂無章／杂乱无章  ―  záluànwúzhāng  ―  confusing and disordered; chaotic

7. memorial to the throne

   奏章  ―  zòuzhāng  ―  memorial to the throne

8. (Cantonese) mahjong tiles
9. (alt. form 彰) obvious; well-known
10. (alt. form 彰) to make manifest; to display; to express
11. (alt. form 彰) to commend; to praise; to distinguish

    • 「殷之三仁」皆暗於前而章於後，何益於事？何補於君？ [MSC, trad.]
      「殷之三仁」皆暗于前而章于后，何益于事？何补于君？ [MSC, simp.]

      From: c. early 1st century, Huan Tan (桓譚), New Treatise (《新論》)

      “Yīn zhī sānrén” jiē àn yú qián ér zhāng yú hòu, hé yì yú shì? Hé bǔ yú jūn?

      The so-called "three virtuous men of Yin" were all in various forms of oblivion beforehand and were accorded great fame after the fact. How did that help with the matters of their country? What use were there to their prince?

12. Classifier for chapters, etc.
13. (Chinese astronomy) the cycle of 19 years (approximate common multiple for the synodic month and tropical year, similar to the Metonic cycle)

    章動／章动  ―  zhāngdòng  ―  nutation

    • 十九歲為一章。四章為一蔀，七十六歲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      十九岁为一章。四章为一蔀，七十六岁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: c. early 3rd century, Zhao Shuang (趙爽), editor. Zhoubi Suanjing (《周髀算經》)

      Shíjiǔ suì wéi yī zhāng. Sì zhāng wèi yī bù, qīshíliù suì.

      nineteen years constitute one zhang. Four zhang make one bu, which is seventy-six years.

14. a surname. Zhang; Cheung

    章子怡  ―  Zhāng Zǐyí  ―  Zhang Ziyi

Synonyms

• (chapter): 章段 (zhāngduàn)

Compounds

Descendants

Others:

• → English: Chang, Zhang, Cheung, Chiang, Cheang, Cheong

References

• “章”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); あや (aya); ふみ (fumi)

Noun

章(しょう) • (shō) 

1. chapter; section
2. badge

Proper noun

章(あきら) • (Akira) 

1. a male given name

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

章 (eumhun 글 장 (geul jang))

1. Hanja form^? of 장 (“chapter”).

Vietnamese

Han character

章: Hán Nôm readings: chương

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