chāng
prosperous
Original meaning:
call loudly
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.
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prosperous | ||
also Nanchang county | ||
Wuchang district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wǔhànshì], Hubei | ||
Nanchang prefecture level city and capital of Jiangxi province 江西省 in southeast China | ||
Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player |
季旭昇《說文新證》p.536