唱

唱	U+5531, 唱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5531

← 唰
[U+5530]

CJK Unified Ideographs

唲 →
[U+5532]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

唱 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口日日 (RAA), four-corner 6606₀, composition ⿰口昌)

References

KangXi: page 193, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3765

Dae Jaweon: page 414, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 640, character 8

Unihan data for U+5531

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 唱
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (昌) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
昌	*tʰjaŋ
倡	tʰjaŋ, tʰjaŋs
猖	*tʰjaŋ
菖	*tʰjaŋ
閶	*tʰjaŋ
鯧	*tʰjaŋ
裮	*tʰjaŋ
琩	*tʰjaŋ
唱	*tʰjaŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰjaŋs) : semantic 口 + phonetic 昌 (OC *tʰjaŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		唱

Sino-Tibetan. Compare Burmese အချင်း (a.hkyang:) ~ [script needed] (əkʰyaŋ^B, “a kind of song”) (< *khlaŋ^B) and perhaps also Proto-Bodo *lʔəŋ "to sing"(Schuessler, 2007). Schuessler strengthens Minimal Old Chinese reconstruction *k-hlaŋh (?) and ST etymology by pointing to parallelism with 昌 (OC khlaŋ)'s phonetic element.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chàng (chang⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ
(Chengdu, SP): cang⁴
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чон (čon, III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng³
Gan (Wiktionary): cong³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhong
(Meixian, Guangdong): cong⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): con³
Min Bei (KCR): chiô̤ng
Min Dong (BUC): chióng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiùⁿ / chhiòⁿ / chhiò / chhiàuⁿ / chhiàng / chhiòng
(Teochew, Peng'im): cio³ / ciê³ / ciang³
Wu (Wiktionary): tshaan (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): chan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chàng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴
  - Yale: chàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanq
  - Palladius: чан (čan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cang⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чон (čon, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng³
  - Yale: cheung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœːŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: cong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: con³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰɒ̃⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiô̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chióng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuɔŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiùⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiùnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviux
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡ɕʰiũ¹²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡ɕʰiũ³¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiũ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Singapore): /t͡ɕʰiũ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiònn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvioix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan): /t͡ɕʰiɔ̃²¹/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò
  - Tâi-lô: tshiò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chioix
  - IPA (Tainan): /t͡ɕʰiɤ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiàunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviaux
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡ɕʰiãu²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàng
  - Tâi-lô: tshiàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiaxng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòng
  - Tâi-lô: tshiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chioxng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ¹¹/

Note:

chhiùⁿ/chhiòⁿ/chhiò/chhiàuⁿ - vernacular;
chhiàng, chhiòng - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cio³ / ciê³ / ciang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiò / tshiè / tshiàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰio²¹³/, /t͡sʰie²¹³/, /t͡sʰiaŋ²¹³/

Note:

cio3/ciê3 - vernacular (ciê3 - Chaozhou);
ciang3 - literary.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tshaan (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑ̃³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: chan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰan⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 唱
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵³/ /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ²¹/
	Qingdao	/tʃʰaŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ⁴⁴/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰɔ̃²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰaŋ³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰaŋ¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰaŋ²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰɒ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰɑ̃³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰɑ̃⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰɑŋ⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕia³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰiau⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂʰan⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ʈ͡ʂʰɔn⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/tʃʰoŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰœŋ³³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰœŋ³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰœŋ³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sʰiɔŋ²¹/ /t͡sʰiũ²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sʰuɔŋ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡sʰiaŋ²¹³/ /t͡sʰio²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/saŋ³⁵/ /sio³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ^H/

Rime
Character	唱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尺亮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰɨaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭaŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-tʰaŋ-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰjaŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	唱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chàng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhang^H ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-tʰaŋ-s/
English	to lead (in singing)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唱
Reading #	1/1
No.	1257
Phonetic component	昌
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	唱
Old Chinese	/*tʰjaŋs/

Definitions

唱

to sing
唱歌 ― chànggē ― to sing a song
to chant
to call; to cry out
song
(Cantonese) to spread (usually negative) information or rumours
(literary) to advocate; to initiate
- 今誠以吾衆詐自稱公子扶蘇、項燕，爲天下唱，宜多應者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  今诚以吾众诈自称公子扶苏、项燕，为天下唱，宜多应者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Jīn chéng yǐ wúzhòng zhà zìchēng Gōngzǐ Fúsū, Xiàng Yàn, wéi tiānxià chàng, yí duō yìngzhě. [Pinyin]
  If we should indeed, at this moment, take advantage of our numbers, call ourselves the men of Prince Fusu and General Xiang Yan in pretense, and seize the initiative among the whole Empire, it is probable that many would spring into action in response.
a surname

Compounds

Derived terms from 唱

一吹一唱
一唱一和 (yīchàngyīhè)
一唱百和 (yīchàngbǎihè)
一搭一唱
主唱 (zhǔchàng)
二重唱 (èrchóngchàng)
代唱
伴唱 (bànchàng)
伴唱影碟
低唱 (dīchàng)
合唱 (héchàng)
吟唱 (yínchàng)
哼唱 (hēngchàng)
唱作 (chàngzuò)
唱作俱佳
唱作念打
唱叫
唱名
唱和 (chànghè)
唱喏
唱好
唱工
唱念
唱曲 (chàngqǔ)
唱本 (chàngběn)
唱歌 (chànggē)
唱段 (chàngduàn)
唱洋梆子
唱片 (chàngpiàn)
唱的
唱票 (chàngpiào)
唱籍
唱腔 (chàngqiāng)
嘌唱
大合唱 (dàhéchàng)
妍唱
小唱
彼唱此和
搬唱
更唱
歌唱 (gēchàng)
此唱彼和
清唱 (qīngchàng)
滑唱

演唱 (yǎnchàng)
激光唱片 (jīguāng chàngpiàn)
灌唱片
翻唱 (fānchàng)
表唱
走唱
酬唱 (chóuchàng)
重唱
野唱
雷射唱片
首唱
高唱 (gāochàng)
一唱三歎／一唱三叹
伴唱帶／伴唱带
伴唱機／伴唱机
千古絕唱／千古绝唱
合唱團／合唱团 (héchàngtuán)
唄唱／呗唱
唱反調／唱反调 (chàng fǎndiào)
唱叫揚疾／唱叫扬疾
唱哩嗹／唱哩𪡏
唱對臺戲／唱对台戏
唱戲／唱戏
唱揚／唱扬
唱書／唱书
唱機／唱机 (chàngjī)
唱獨角戲／唱独角戏
唱盤／唱盘 (chàngpán)
唱空城計／唱空城计
唱籌量沙／唱筹量沙
唱紅白臉／唱红白脸
唱詞／唱词 (chàngcí)
唱詩班／唱诗班 (chàngshībān)
唱論／唱论
唱賺／唱赚 (chàngzhuàn)
唱遊／唱游
唱針／唱针 (chàngzhēn)
唱門詞兒／唱门词儿
唱陽關／唱阳关
唱雙簧／唱双簧 (chàngshuānghuáng)
唱頭／唱头
唱題目／唱题目
唱高調／唱高调 (chànggāodiào)
單弦說唱／单弦说唱

夫唱婦隨／夫唱妇随 (fūchàngfùsuí)
對唱／对唱 (duìchàng)
帶動唱／带动唱
帶唱帶演／带唱带演
彈唱／弹唱 (tánchàng)
數位唱片／数位唱片
數字唱片／数字唱片
歡唱／欢唱 (huānchàng)
沒戲唱／没戏唱 (méixìchàng)
淺斟低唱／浅斟低唱
清唱劇／清唱剧
滾唱／滚唱
漁唱／渔唱
激光唱機／激光唱机
獨唱／独唱 (dúchàng)
男唱女隨／男唱女随
絕唱／绝唱 (juéchàng)
練唱／练唱
美聲唱法／美声唱法 (měishēng chàngfǎ)
聯唱／联唱
臚唱／胪唱
說唱／说唱 (shuōchàng)
說唱文學／说唱文学
說學逗唱／说学逗唱 (shuōxuédòuchàng)
講唱文學／讲唱文学
賣唱／卖唱 (màichàng)
輪唱／轮唱 (lúnchàng)
輪唱曲／轮唱曲
連說帶唱／连说带唱
鐳射唱片／镭射唱片
雞唱／鸡唱
雷射唱盤／雷射唱盘
電唱機／电唱机 (diànchàngjī)
領唱／领唱 (lǐngchàng)
類比唱片／类比唱片
首唱義兵／首唱义兵
首唱義舉／首唱义举
駐唱／驻唱 (zhùchàng)
高唱入雲／高唱入云
鳴唱／鸣唱
點唱／点唱 (diǎnchàng)
點唱機／点唱机
齊唱／齐唱 (qíchàng)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		唱
alternative forms		暢／畅

Borrowed from English change.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng³
  - Yale: cheung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœːŋ³³/

Definitions

唱

(Cantonese) to exchange (currency, money, cash, etc.)

Compounds

唱散

唱錢／唱钱

References

“Entry #7039”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

唱

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

chant
choir

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)}
Kun: となえる (tonaeru, 唱える, Jōyō); うたう (utau, 唱う); うた (uta, 唱)

Compounds

歌唱(かしょう) (kashō)
合唱(がっしょう) (gasshō)
提唱(ていしょう) (teishō)

Korean

Hanja

唱 (eumhun 부를 창 (bureul chang))

Hanja form^? of 창 (“to chant”).

Vietnamese

Han character

唱: Hán Nôm readings: xướng, xẳng, xang, sướng, xắng, xẵng

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