彰

彰

彰 U+5F70, 彰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F70 ← 彯 [U+5F6F] CJK Unified Ideographs 影 → [U+5F71]

Translingual

Han character

彰 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜十竹竹竹 (YJHHH), four-corner 0242₂, composition ⿰章彡)

Derived characters

• 𢣪, 𤁀

References

• KangXi: page 364, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10015
• Dae Jaweon: page 684, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 857, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5F70

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		彰
alternative forms		章

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
章	*kjaŋ
樟	*kjaŋ
彰	*kjaŋ
漳	*kjaŋ
鄣	*kjaŋ
璋	*kjaŋ
嫜	*kjaŋ
獐	*kjaŋ
慞	*kjaŋ
墇	*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
障	*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
麞	*kjaŋ
蔁	*kjaŋ
暲	*kjaŋ
嶂	*kjaŋs
瘴	*kjaŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāng (zhang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chiong / chiang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhang
    • Wade–Giles: chang¹
    • Yale: jāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jang
    • Palladius: чжан (čžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹
    • Yale: jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiang
    • Tâi-lô: tsiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨɐŋ/

Rime
Character	彰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸良切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kjaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彰
Reading #	1/1
No.	16819
Phonetic component	章
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	章
Old Chinese	/*kjaŋ/

Definitions

彰

1. clear; obvious; conspicuous
2. to make manifest; to display; to express; to reveal
3. to commend; to praise; to distinguish
4. (literary)beautiful; brilliant; gorgeous
5. a surname

Compounds

不彰 名位不彰 天理昭彰 彰化 (Zhānghuà) 彰化市 彰彰 彰著 彰露 效果不彰

昭彰 (zhāozhāng) 相得益彰 (xiāngdéyìzhāng) 知微知彰 臭名昭彰 表彰 (biǎozhāng) 跌宕昭彰 彰化縣／彰化县 彰善癉惡／彰善瘅恶 彰彰可據／彰彰可据

彰往察來／彰往察来 彰明較著／彰明较著 (zhāngmíngjiàozhù) 惡名昭彰／恶名昭彰 (èmíngzhāozhāng) 欲蓋彌彰／欲盖弥彰 (yùgàimízhāng) 癉惡彰善／瘅恶彰善 眾目昭彰／众目昭彰 累彰勛效／累彰勋效 績效不彰／绩效不彰 聲跡彰露／声迹彰露

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Japanese

Shinjitai	彰
Kyūjitai [1]	彰󠄂 彰+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

彰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. obvious, clear

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: あや (aya, 彰); あきらか (akiraka, 彰らか); あらわす (arawasu, 彰す); あらわれる (arawareru, 彰れる)
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); あや (aya); ただ (tada); てる (teru)

Proper noun

彰(あきら) • (Akira) 

1. a male given name

References

1. 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 820 (paper), page 460 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

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Korean

Hanja

彰 • (chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune–Reischauer ch'ang, Yale chang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

彰: Hán Nôm readings: chương

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References

• Nom Foundation