Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 倡

Modern (Beijing) reading: chàng

Preclassic Old Chinese: thaŋs

Classic Old Chinese: thaŋh

Western Han Chinese: thaŋh

Eastern Han Chinese: ćhaŋh

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćhàŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćhàŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćhàŋ

Middle Chinese: ćhàŋ

English meaning : to lead in singing, intone

Russian meaning[s]: 1) положить начало; взять инициативу; застрельщик, инициатор; руководитель; вести; 2) петь; запевать

Comments: Since Han used also for *thaŋ, MC ćhaŋ (FQ 尺良), mod. chāng 'artist, person entertaining others by singing and dancing'. A woman doing this was sinceTang denoted by a special character 娼.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 9

Four-angle index: 1510

Karlgren code: 0724 c

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thăŋ ( ~ dh-; -s)

Meaning: singing, music

Chinese: 倡 *thaŋs to lead in singing, intone.

Tibetan: gdaŋs music, harmony, melody.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 884

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 倡

MC description : 宕開三去漾昌

ZIHUI: 0235 2289

Beijing: c̣haŋ 3

Jinan: c̣haŋ 3

Xi'an: c̣haŋ 3

Taiyuan: cha_̃ 3

Hankou: chaŋ 3

Chengdu: chaŋ 11

Yangzhou: câŋ 3

Suzhou: chaŋ 31

Wenzhou: ćhi 31

Changsha: c̣han 31

Shuangfeng: thaŋ 31

Nanchang: chɔŋ 2

Meixian: chɔŋ 2

Guangzhou: čhö_ŋ 31

Xiamen: chiɔŋ 31

Chaozhou: chiaŋ 31

Fuzhou: chuɔŋ 31

Shanghai: cha_̃ 3

Zhongyuan yinyun: čhiaŋ 3

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