敞

敞

敞 U+655E, 敞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-655E ← 敝 [U+655D] CJK Unified Ideographs 敟 → [U+655F]

Translingual

Han character

敞 (radical 66, 攴+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火月人大 (FBOK) or X火月人大 (XFBOK), four-corner 9824₀, composition ⿰尚攵(GHTV) or ⿰尙攵(JK))

References

• KangXi: page 472, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13246
• Dae Jaweon: page 825, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1467, character 3
• Unihan data for U+655E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		敞

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
當	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
襠	*taːŋ
鐺	*taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
簹	*taːŋ
璫	*taːŋ
檔	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
儅	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
蟷	*taːŋ
擋	*taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
黨	*taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
讜	*taːŋʔ
欓	*taːŋʔ
譡	*taːŋs
闣	*taːŋs
瓽	*taːŋs
鏜	*tʰaːŋ
闛	*tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
鼞	*tʰaːŋ
曭	*tʰaːŋʔ
儻	*tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
戃	*tʰaːŋʔ
矘	*tʰaːŋʔ
爣	*tʰaːŋʔ
攩	*hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌	*tʰaːŋʔ
倘	*tʰaːŋʔ
躺	*tʰaːŋʔ
趟	*tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂	*daːŋ
坣	*daːŋ
棠	*daːŋ
糛	*daːŋ
螳	*daːŋ
隚	*daːŋ
橖	*daːŋ
掌	*tjaŋʔ
廠	*tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
敞	*tʰjaŋʔ
僘	*tʰjaŋʔ
氅	*tʰjaŋʔ
常	*djaŋ
嘗	*djaŋ
裳	*djaŋ
徜	*djaŋ
尚	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
甞	*djaŋ
鋿	*djaŋ
嫦	*djaŋ
償	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
賞	*hjaŋʔ
瞠	*rtʰaːŋ
撐	*rtʰaːŋ
樘	*rtʰaːŋ
橕	*rtʰaːŋ
牚	*rtʰaːŋs
埫	*tʰoŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎng (chang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong²
• Min Nan (POJ): chhióng / chhiáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong²
    • Yale: chóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhióng
    • Tâi-lô: tshióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	敞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiaŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǎng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰaŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	敞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhangX ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰaŋʔ/
English	open, spacious
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	敞
Reading #	1/1
No.	11148
Phonetic component	尚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	敞
Old Chinese	/*tʰjaŋʔ/

Definitions

敞

1. spacious; open; broad; roomy
2. to be open; to leave (something) wide open

Compounds

嘴敞 宏敞 寬敞／宽敞 (kuānchang) 幽敞 張敞畫眉／张敞画眉 敞亮 敞口兒／敞口儿 敞地 (chǎngdì) 敞廳／敞厅

敞快 敞懷／敞怀 敞田 敞笑兒／敞笑儿 敞篷車／敞篷车 (chǎngpéngchē) 敞車／敞车 敞開／敞开 (chǎngkāi) 敞開兒／敞开儿

明淨敞亮／明净敞亮 欒櫨宏敞／栾栌宏敞 畫眉張敞／画眉张敞 軒敞／轩敞 (xuānchǎng) 開敞地／开敞地 顯敞／显敞 (xiǎnchǎng) 高冠敞袖 高敞

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Japanese

Kanji

敞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: たかい (takai); ほがらか (hogaraka)

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Korean

Hanja

敞 (eum 창 (chang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

敞: Hán Nôm readings: sưởng

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References

• Nom Foundation