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Translingual
Han character
璋 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜廿十 (MGYTJ), four-corner 10146, composition ⿰𤣩章)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 741, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21211
- Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1135, character 17
- Unihan data for U+748B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 章
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*kjaŋ
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| 樟
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*kjaŋ
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| 彰
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*kjaŋ
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| 漳
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*kjaŋ
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| 鄣
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*kjaŋ
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| 璋
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*kjaŋ
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| 嫜
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*kjaŋ
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| 獐
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*kjaŋ
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| 慞
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*kjaŋ
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| 墇
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*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
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| 障
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*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
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| 麞
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*kjaŋ
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| 蔁
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*kjaŋ
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| 暲
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*kjaŋ
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| 嶂
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*kjaŋs
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| 瘴
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*kjaŋs
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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璋
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhāng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*taŋ/
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| English
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(jade) insignium
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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璋
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16822
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Phonetic
component
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章
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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章
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Old
Chinese
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/*kjaŋ/
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Definitions
璋
- a small jade ornament that can be hung at the waist or on other items such as fans, swords, or even lanterns
- jade plaything
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
璋
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
璋 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune–Reischauer chang, Yale cang)
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