Hanja Analyzer
唱

唱 — chang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
부를 창
Romanization
chang
English
sing, chant, call; ditty, song
Mandarin
chàng
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
とな.える
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#1,123 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
口 (30, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
昌(창)
Unicode
U+5531

Parts that make up 唱

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 昌 창성할 창sound 해와 말이 겹친 모양‘창’ 계열의 소리

How 唱 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 唱 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 昌.

Korean example words with 唱

  • 작창作唱 Korean gloss: 창(唱)을 지음
  • 남창男唱 Korean gloss: 남자가 부르는 노래
  • 창법唱法 Korean gloss: 노래를 부르는 방법
  • 국창國唱 Korean gloss: 나라에서 인정한 명창
  • 창자唱者 Korean gloss: 노래나 창을 하는 사람
  • 모창模唱 Korean gloss: 남의 노래를 흉내 내는 일
  • 주창主唱 Korean gloss: 주의나 사상을 앞장서서 주장함
  • 명창名唱 Korean gloss: 노래를 뛰어나게 잘 부르는 사람
  • 제창齊唱 Korean gloss: 같은 가락을 두 사람 이상이 동시에 노래함
  • 완창完唱 Korean gloss: 판소리 한 마당을 처음부터 끝까지 부르는 일
  • 독창獨唱 Korean gloss: 성악에서, 혼자서 노래를 부름. 또는 그 노래
  • 창탄唱彈 Korean gloss: 노래하는 일과 현악기를 타는 일을 아울러 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 唱

  • 合唱がっしょう singing together; singing in union; chorus
  • 合唱団がっしょうだん chorus group; choir
  • 提唱ていしょう advocacy; proposal
  • 歌唱かしょう song; singing
  • 唱えるとなえる to recite; to chant; to cry
  • 斉唱せいしょう singing in unison; chanting in unison
  • 唱歌しょうか singing; song; music class (at pre-WWII schools)
  • 独唱どくしょう vocal solo
  • 唱和しょうわ cheering in chorus; saying in unison
  • 絶唱ぜっしょう superb poem or song
  • 愛唱あいしょう loving to sing (a song); singing with great fondness
  • 主唱しゅしょう advocacy; promotion

Characters sharing the phonetic 昌

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “창” in Korean.

Other hanja read “창”

Other hanja with radical 口

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences