Sino-Tibetan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Tăŋ(H)

Meaning: bright

Chinese: 章 *taŋ brilliant, illustrious; splendid; 昌 *thaŋ bright, splendid.

Tibetan: mdaŋs brigtness of face, appearance etc.

Burmese: taŋʔ be pleasant, beautiful, thaŋh be bright, as colours.

Lepcha: kŭr-dăŋ ruddy, as ripe fruit

Comments: The Tib. form may reflect a merger with *tēŋ 'face' q. v. Cf. also Kulung thaNthaNpa 'shining, bright'. Cf. Austric: PAN *edaŋ 'light, shine', PAA *tVŋ 'burn'.

Chinese characters :

Character: 章

Modern (Beijing) reading: zhāng

Preclassic Old Chinese: taŋ

Classic Old Chinese: taŋ

Western Han Chinese: taŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ćaŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ćaŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćaŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ćaŋ

Middle Chinese: ćaŋ

English meaning : be splendid; to display; emblem, insignium

Russian meaning[s]: 1) глава; 2) статья; литературное произведение; докладная записка; 3) музыкальная пьеса; 4) знак, значок; орден; герб; 5) печать; 6) порядок; регламент; правила; устав; уставной; форменный; 7) ясный, явный; проявить; 8) разукрашенный, яркий; красивый; 9) Чжан (фамилия)

Comments: Used later mostly with the meaning 'chapter (of a book)' ( < 'emblem, insignium').

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 117

Four-angle index: 2239

Karlgren code: 0723 a-d

Go-on: siyau

Kan-on: siyau

Japanese reading: shō;aya;shirushi;akiraka

Vietnamese reading: chu'o'ng

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1326

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 章

MC description : 宕開三平陽章

ZIHUI: 4545 2269

Beijing: c̣aŋ 11

Jinan: c̣aŋ 11

Xi'an: c̣aŋ 11

Taiyuan: ca_̃ 1

Hankou: caŋ 11

Chengdu: caŋ 11

Yangzhou: câŋ 11

Suzhou: ca_ŋ 11

Wenzhou: ći 11

Changsha: c̣an 11

Shuangfeng: taŋ 11

Nanchang: cɔŋ 11

Meixian: cɔŋ 11

Guangzhou: čö_ŋ 11

Xiamen: tiɔŋ 11 (lit.); tiũ 11

Chaozhou: ciaŋ 11

Fuzhou: cuɔŋ 11

Shanghai: ca_̃ 1

Zhongyuan yinyun: čiaŋ 1

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