幛

幛 U+5E5B, 幛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E5B ← 幚 [U+5E5A] CJK Unified Ideographs 幜 → [U+5E5C]

Translingual

Han character

幛 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中月卜廿十 (LBYTJ), four-corner 4024₆, composition ⿰巾章)

1. scroll of silk or cloth

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 336, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9067
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 752, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5E5B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		幛

Glyph origin

Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 巾 (“cloth”) + phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàng (zhang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiòng / chiàng / chiùⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàng
    • Wade–Giles: chang⁴
    • Yale: jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq
    • Palladius: чжан (čžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng³
    • Yale: jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiùⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiùnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviux
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ⁴¹/

Note:

• chiòng/chiàng - literary;
• chiùⁿ - vernacular.

Definitions

幛

1. a type of oblong banner or scroll carrying a message used at weddings, funerals, etc.

   • 我爸虛歲八旬，照本省禮俗，可以送紅幛，但也有送白幛的，上百張紅白「旗海」在帳篷裡，好像大馬戲班子紮營公演。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     我爸虚岁八旬，照本省礼俗，可以送红幛，但也有送白幛的，上百张红白「旗海」在帐篷里，好像大马戏班子扎营公演。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 6 April 1996, Chuang Yu-An 莊裕安, Requiem for the Dead 為亡靈談奏, United Daily News 聯合報

     Wǒ bà xūsuì bā xún, zhào běn shěng lǐsú, kěyǐ sòng hóng zhàng, dàn yě yǒu sòng bái zhàng de, shàng bǎi zhāng hóng bái “qí hǎi” zài zhàngpéng lǐ, hǎoxiàng dà mǎxì bānzi zháyíng gōngyǎn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to cover

   Synonym: 遮蔽 (zhēbì)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 幛子 (“oblong banner of silk carrying a message”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		幛子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幛
Southern Min	Xiamen	軸
	Quanzhou	軸布
	Zhangzhou	軸
	Tainan	軸

Compounds

• 串幛
• 喜幛
• 壽幛／寿幛
• 夾箔幛／夹箔幛
• 屏幛
• 幛光
• 幛子 (zhàngzi)
• 幛蔽
• 幛詞／幛词
• 惡幛／恶幛
• 祭幛
• 箔幛
• 賀幛／贺幛
• 輓幛／挽幛 (wǎnzhàng)
• 邪幛
• 霧幛／雾幛

 

Japanese

Kanji

幛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: ぬの (nuno)

Vietnamese

Han character

幛: Hán Nôm readings: trướng

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