昌
昌 — chang
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 창성할 창
- Romanization
- chang
- English
- light of sun; good, proper
- Mandarin
- chāng
- Japanese on'yomi
- ショウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- さかん
- Japanese usage
- Jinmeiyō kanji
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,372 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 (72, 4 residual)
- Unicode
- U+660C
Parts that make up 昌
How 昌 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 昌 as a ideographic compound involving 日, 口.
Korean example words with 昌
- 창언昌言 Korean gloss: 사리에 맞고 훌륭한 말
- 번창하다繁昌 Korean gloss: 번화하게 창성하다
- 창대하다昌大 Korean gloss: 세력이 번창하고 왕성하다
- 융창하다隆昌 Korean gloss: 기운차게 일어나거나 대단히 번성하다
- 창성하다昌盛 Korean gloss: 기세가 크게 일어나 잘 뻗어 나가다
- 번창기繁昌期 Korean gloss: 번화하게 창성하는 시기
- 창운昌運 Korean gloss: 탁 트인 좋은 운수.
- 창언정론昌言正論 Korean gloss: 사리에 맞고 공명정대한 언론
- 창세昌世 Korean gloss: 기세 좋게 잘되어 나가는 세상.
- 태창泰昌 Korean gloss: 중국 명나라 광종 때의 연호(年號).
- 영창永昌 Korean gloss: 중국 당나라 예종 때의 연호(689).
- 창전昌廛 Korean gloss: 예전에, 말리지 않은 쇠가죽을 팔던 가게.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 昌
- 昌平しょうへい peace; tranquility; tranquillity
- 隆昌りゅうしょう prosperity
- 昌泰しょうたい Shōtai era (898.4.26-901.7.15)
- 昌運しょううん prosperity; fortune
- 南昌なんしょう Nanchang (China)
- 玄昌石げんしょうせき type of slate (from Miyagi pref.)
- 平昌五輪ピョンチャンごりん Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games
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 日
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences