昌

Information about character(s)

Radical: 日
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chāng, chàng
Cantonese: coeng1
JapaneseKun: SAKAN
JapaneseOn: SHOU
Korean: CHANG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: light of sun; good, proper

CE-Dict: prosperous/flourishing

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.prosperous; flourishing

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: prosperoud; flourishing

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《日部》昌美言也。从日从曰。一曰日光也。《詩》曰：“東方昌矣。”

康熙字典文字版 【辰集上】【日字部】昌
【廣韻】尺良切【集韻】【韻會】蚩良切【正韻】齒良切，𠀤音倡。【說文】美言也。【爾雅·釋詁】昌，當也。【書·大禹謨】禹拜昌言曰。【傳】昌，當也。　又【博雅】盛也。【書·仲虺之誥】邦乃其昌。【傳】國乃昌盛。　又【詩·鄭風】子之昌兮。【傳】昌，盛壯貌。　又【詩·齊風】猗嗟昌兮。【箋】昌，狡好貌。　又【說文】一曰日光也。詩曰：東方昌矣。○按《詩·齊風·雞鳴》作東方明矣，朝旣昌矣。與《說文》所引不同。　又物也。【莊子·在宥篇】今夫百昌，皆生於土而反於土。【註】司馬云：百昌猶百物也。　又【儀禮·公食大夫禮】昌本。【註】昌，蒲。本，菹也。　又【史記·天官書】斗魁戴匡六星，曰文昌宮。【註】文者，精所聚。昌者，揚天紀，輔拂𠀤居，以成天象。　又【集韻】尺亮切，音唱。倡，或作昌。

CF-Dict: prospère/florissant/abondant/lumineux/splendide