Read Edit View history 昌 chāngChāng HSK6 prosperous Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally composed of 口 (mouth) and 日 (sun), representing a call in the morning to wake people up at sunrise to start working. Based on the original meaning "call loudly", now written as 唱. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas chāng ×chàng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 昌 Simp strokes 昌 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint The modern form looks like 曰 (to speak). Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 昌 Simp strokes 昌 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 昌 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 270, 734 ], [ 304, 708 ], [ 311, 691 ], [ 371, 459 ] ], [ [ 335, 728 ], [ 358, 716 ], [ 497, 741 ], [ 645, 757 ], [ 673, 753 ], [ 689, 744 ], [ 715, 710 ], [ 696, 666 ], [ 642, 483 ] ], [ [ 373, 602 ], [ 378, 609 ], [ 561, 637 ], [ 594, 630 ] ], [ [ 391, 475 ], [ 407, 490 ], [ 576, 515 ], [ 615, 515 ] ], [ [ 207, 373 ], [ 234, 353 ], [ 259, 312 ], [ 294, 78 ], [ 315, 12 ] ], [ [ 260, 369 ], [ 306, 348 ], [ 468, 365 ], [ 697, 405 ], [ 740, 406 ], [ 773, 387 ], [ 790, 366 ], [ 772, 243 ], [ 744, 95 ], [ 716, 46 ], [ 711, -17 ] ], [ [ 310, 206 ], [ 321, 196 ], [ 349, 198 ], [ 605, 244 ], [ 653, 236 ] ], [ [ 336, 42 ], [ 348, 57 ], [ 363, 60 ], [ 547, 84 ], [ 625, 93 ], [ 689, 87 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 328 733 Q 316 740 278 744 Q 265 747 261 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621 495 Z", "M 365 594 Q 377 591 394 593 Q 506 609 589 619 Q 614 622 605 636 Q 595 652 568 657 Q 544 661 359 618 C 330 611 335 599 365 594 Z", "M 386 470 Q 390 470 396 471 Q 466 486 621 495 C 651 497 648 500 625 519 Q 618 525 608 532 Q 593 541 564 534 Q 465 512 385 502 C 355 498 356 467 386 470 Z", "M 250 371 Q 231 381 212 385 Q 205 388 199 382 Q 190 375 201 363 Q 249 290 263 101 Q 264 32 308 5 L 311 3 Q 330 -1 331 32 Q 331 33 330 34 L 326 76 Q 320 101 307 177 L 302 211 Q 293 274 291 324 C 290 352 277 358 250 371 Z", "M 661 66 Q 671 38 692 -13 Q 699 -32 711 -32 Q 727 -31 740 -3 Q 776 58 786 145 Q 796 199 806 261 Q 813 315 839 348 Q 858 370 845 385 Q 821 410 769 435 Q 748 447 711 434 Q 615 404 505 387 Q 403 375 250 371 C 220 370 261 322 291 324 Q 304 323 314 325 Q 458 350 682 378 Q 722 385 738 365 Q 762 310 712 108 Q 708 89 700 87 C 686 60 650 94 661 66 Z", "M 307 177 Q 320 176 343 178 Q 518 206 647 224 Q 675 228 665 243 Q 653 261 624 267 Q 596 271 547 260 Q 417 233 302 211 C 273 205 277 178 307 177 Z", "M 330 34 Q 336 34 344 35 Q 446 56 661 66 C 691 67 727 73 700 87 Q 697 87 656 114 Q 637 126 600 118 Q 449 88 326 76 C 296 73 300 32 330 34 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.