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

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
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
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彰󠄂
彰+󠄂?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
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Kanji
彰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. obvious, clear

Readings

Proper noun

彰(あきら) • (Akira) 

  1. a male given name

References
  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)

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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