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Translingual
Han character
菖 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿日日 (TAA), four-corner 44606, composition ⿱艹昌)
- iris, sweet flag, calamus
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1038, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31174
- Dae Jaweon: page 1496, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3233, character 12
- Unihan data for U+83D6
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 昌
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 倡
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*tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs
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| 猖
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 菖
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 閶
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 鯧
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 裮
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 琩
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 唱
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*tʰjaŋs
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Pronunciation
Note:
- chhiong - literary;
- chhiuⁿ - vernacular.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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菖
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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1252
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Phonetic
component
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昌
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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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昌
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Old
Chinese
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/*tʰjaŋ/
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Definitions
菖
- Only used in 菖蒲 (chāngpú).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
菖
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- iris (the flower)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
菖 • (chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune–Reischauer ch'ang, Yale chang)
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