彰

彰	U+5F70, 彰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F70

Translingual

Han character

彰 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+11, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 卜十竹竹竹 (YJHHH), four-corner 0242₂, composition ⿰章彡)

Derived characters

𢣪, 𤁀

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 364, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10015
Dae Jaweon: page 684, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 857, character 1
Unihan data for U+5F70

Chinese

simp. and trad.		彰
alternative forms		章

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (章) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kjaŋ): phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ, “emblem”) + semantic 彡 (“colorful patterns”) – conspicuous.

Etymology

Apparently an alternative form originally of 章 (OC *kjaŋ, “composition”). Note also similarities to Burmese တင့် (tang., “comely”) (Luce, 1981), particularly if the Old Chinese reconstruction is the same as Baxter-Sagart's for 章 (zhāng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāng (zhang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiong / chiang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhang
  - Wade–Giles: chang¹
  - Yale: jāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jang
  - Palladius: чжан (čžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zoeng¹
  - Yale: jēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiang
  - Tâi-lô: tsiang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciafng
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsyang

Rime
Character	彰
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
Baxter	tsyang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kjaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彰
Reading #	1/1
No.	16819
Phonetic component	章
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	章
Old Chinese	/*kjaŋ/

Definitions

彰

clear; obvious; conspicuous
to make manifest; to display; to express; to reveal
to commend; to praise; to distinguish
(literary) beautiful; brilliant; gorgeous
a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	彰
Kyūjitai ^[1]	彰󠄂 彰+`󠄂`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

彰

(Jōyō kanji)

obvious, clear

Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
Kun: あや (aya, 彰)、あきらか (akiraka, 彰らか)、あらわす (arawasu, 彰す)、あらわれる (arawareru, 彰れる)
Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、あや (aya)、ただ (tada)、てる (teru)

Proper noun

彰(あきら) • (Akira)

a male given name

References

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914), 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 820 (paper), page 460 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

彰 (eum 창 (chang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

彰: Hán Nôm readings: chương

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References

Nom Foundation

[1] Haga, Gōtarō (1914), 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 820 (paper), page 460 (digital)

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