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章
章
Translingual
Han character
章 (radical 117 立+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿日十 (YTAJ), four-corner 00406, composition ⿱立早)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 871, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25761
- Dae Jaweon: page 1301, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2709, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7AE0
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
章 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 章
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| Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (章) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chông
- Min Dong (BUC): cŏng
- Min Nan (POJ): chiong / chiang / chiuⁿ / chioⁿ
- Wu (Wiktionary): tsaan (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ
- Wade-Giles: chang1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jang
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zoeng1
- Yale: jēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng1
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chông
- Hakka Romanization System: zong´
- Hagfa Pinyim: zong1
- IPA: /t͡soŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cŏng
- IPA (key): /t͡souŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong
- Tâi-lô: tsiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiang
- Tâi-lô: tsiang
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciafng
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiuⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tsiunn
- Phofsit Daibuun: cviw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiũ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tsionn
- Phofsit Daibuun: cvioy
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔ̃⁴⁴/
- Note: chiong/chiang - literary; chiuⁿ/chioⁿ - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tsaan (T1)
- IPA (key): /t͡sɑ̃⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 章 |
| 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 |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 章 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zhāng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tsyang › |
| Old Chinese |
/*taŋ/ |
| English | brilliant; distinctive mark; to display |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 章 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16817 |
| Phonetic component |
章 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
章 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kjaŋ/ |
Definitions
章
- chapter; section
- composition; structure
- 文章 ― wénzhāng ― article, essay
- rules; regulations; constitution
- 章程 ― zhāngchéng ― rules, regulations
- seal; stamp
- badge; medal; emblem
- 徽章 ― huīzhāng ― badge, emblem
- order
- memorial to the throne
- 奏章 ― zòuzhāng ― memorial to the throne
- to make known
- Classifier for chapters, etc.
- A surname. Zhang; Cheung
Compounds
Derived terms from 章
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Japanese
Kanji
章
Readings
Noun
Proper noun
章 (hiragana あきら, romaji Akira)
- A male given name
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
章 • (jang) (hangeul 장, McCune-Reischauer chang, Yale cang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
章 (chương)
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