彰

彰 U+5F70, 彰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F70 ← 彯 [U+5F6F] CJK Unified Ideographs 影 → [U+5F71]

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) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ, “emblem”) + 彡 (“colorful patterns”) – conspicuous.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāng (zhang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ

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

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• 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
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiang
    • Tâi-lô: tsiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁴⁴/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

1. clear; obvious; conspicuous
2. to make manifest; to display; to express; to reveal
3. to commend; to praise; to distinguish
4. (literary) beautiful; brilliant; gorgeous
5. a surname

Compounds

• 不彰
• 名位不彰
• 天理昭彰
• 彰化 (Zhānghuà)
• 彰化市
• 彰化縣／彰化县
• 彰善癉惡／彰善瘅恶
• 彰彰
• 彰彰可據／彰彰可据
• 彰往察來／彰往察来
• 彰明較著／彰明较著 (zhāngmíngjiàozhù)
• 彰著
• 彰露
• 惡名昭彰／恶名昭彰 (èmíngzhāozhāng)
• 效果不彰
• 昭彰 (zhāozhāng)
• 欲蓋彌彰／欲盖弥彰 (yùgàimízhāng)
• 癉惡彰善／瘅恶彰善
• 相得益彰 (xiāngdéyìzhāng)
• 眾目昭彰／众目昭彰
• 知微知彰
• 累彰勛效／累彰勋效
• 績效不彰／绩效不彰
• 聲跡彰露／声迹彰露
• 臭名昭彰
• 表彰 (biǎozhāng)
• 跌宕昭彰

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	彰
Kyūjitai	彰󠄂 彰+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

彰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. 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) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

彰 • (chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune–Reischauer ch'ang, Yale chang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

彰: Hán Nôm readings: chương

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References

• Nom Foundation