愴

愴

See also: 怆

愴 U+6134, 愴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6134 ← 愳 [U+6133] CJK Unified Ideographs 愵 → [U+6135]

Translingual

Han character

愴 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心人戈口 (POIR), four-corner 9806₇, composition ⿰忄倉)

References

• KangXi: page 396, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11008
• Dae Jaweon: page 735, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2338, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6134

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Chinese

trad.		愴
simp.		怆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 愴
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
艙	*sʰaːŋ
倉	*sʰaːŋ
蒼	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ
滄	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰraŋs
傖	*sʰaːŋ, *zraːŋ
鶬	*sʰaːŋ
凔	*sʰaːŋ
槍	*sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ
搶	*sʰaŋ, *sʰaŋʔ, *sʰraŋʔ
蹌	*sʰaŋ
瑲	*sʰaŋ
牄	*sʰaŋ
嗆	*sʰaŋs
創	*sʰraŋ, *sʰraŋs
瘡	*sʰraŋ
愴	*sʰraŋʔ, *sʰraŋs
鎗	*sʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰraŋʔ, *sʰraŋs) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuàng (chuang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuàng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang⁴
    • Yale: chwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanq
    • Palladius: чуан (čuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰwɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong³
    • Yale: chong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃʰɨɐŋ^H/

Rime
Character	愴
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	初亮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiaŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	愴
Reading #	2/2
No.	1144
Phonetic component	倉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	剏
Old Chinese	/*sʰraŋs/

Definitions

愴

1. (literary) sad; sorrowful
2. ^† Alternative form of 滄／沧 (cāng, “cold”).

Compounds

悄愴／悄怆 悲愴／悲怆 (bēichuàng) 悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng) 惋愴／惋怆 惻愴／恻怆 愀愴／愀怆 (qiǎochuàng) 感愴／感怆

愴地呼天／怆地呼天 愴天呼地／怆天呼地 愴恍／怆恍 愴悢／怆悢 (chuàngliàng) 愴惶／怆惶 愴惻／怆恻

愴愴／怆怆 愴慌／怆慌 愴然／怆然 (chuàngrán) 愴然垂首／怆然垂首 慘愴／惨怆 酸愴／酸怆

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuǎng (chuang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang³
    • Yale: chwǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choang
    • Palladius: чуан (čuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰwɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong²
    • Yale: chóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃʰɨɐŋ^X/

Rime
Character	愴
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	初兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiaŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	愴
Reading #	1/2
No.	1142
Phonetic component	倉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	磢
Old Chinese	/*sʰraŋʔ/

Definitions

愴

1. Only used in 愴怳／怆怳 (chuǎnghuǎng).

References

• “愴”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

愴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sad, pathetic

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Kun: いたむ (itamu, 愴む)

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Korean

Hanja

愴 (eum 창 (chang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

愴: Hán Nôm readings: sảng, thương

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References

• Nom Foundation