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.
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 1510
Karlgren code: 0724 c
