倡

Information about character(s)

Radical: 人
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chāng, chàng
Cantonese: coeng1 coeng3
JapaneseKun: WAZAOGI
JapaneseOn: SHOU
Korean: CHANG
Vietnamese: xướng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: guide, leader; lead, introduce

CE-Dict: to initiate/to instigate/to introduce/to lead

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to advocate

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: initiate; propose

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: initiate; propose

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《人部》倡樂也。从人昌聲。

康熙字典文字版 【子集中】【人字部】倡
【廣韻】尺良切【集韻】【韻會】蚩良切【正韻】齒良切，𠀤音昌。倡優，女樂。【春秋元命包】翼星爲樂庫，爲天倡，主俳倡。別作娼。　又倡狂。【莊子·山木篇】倡狂妄行。亦作猖。　又【唐韻】【集韻】【正韻】𠀤尺亮切，音唱。倡和也。【詩·鄭風】倡予和汝。【周禮·春官·樂師】凡軍大獻，敎凱歌，遂倡之。又【禮·樂記】壹倡而三歎。【註】倡，發歌句也。三歎，三人從歎之耳。𠀤與唱通。
考證：〔【史記·樂書】翼星爲樂庫，爲天倡，主俳倡。別作娼。〕　謹按史記樂書此語，惟太平御覽引春秋元命包有之。謹將史記樂書改爲春秋元命包。

CF-Dict: promouvoir/proposer/prendre l'initiative de/préconiser