# 幛

| 幛 | U+5E5B, &#24155; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E5B |
| ← 幚 [U+5E5A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 幜 → [U+5E5C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

幛 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中月卜廿十 (LBYTJ), four-corner 4024$_6$, composition ⿰巾章)
* scroll of silk or cloth

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 336, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9067
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 752, character 13
* Unihan data for U+5E5B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 巾 (“cloth”) + phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhàng (zhang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiòng / chiàng / chiùⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhàng
*** Wade–Giles: chang$^4$
*** Yale: jàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq
*** Palladius: чжан (čžan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoeng$^3$
*** Yale: jeung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœːŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng
*** Tâi-lô: tsiòng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cioxng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàng
*** Tâi-lô: tsiàng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiùⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsiùnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cviux
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ⁴¹/
* chiòng/chiàng - literary;
* chiùⁿ - vernacular.

### Definitions

幛
* a type of oblong banner or scroll carrying a message used at weddings, funerals, etc.
    From: 6 April 1996, Chuang Yu-An 莊裕安, Requiem for the Dead 為亡靈談奏, United Daily News 聯合報
    Wǒ bà xūsuì bā xún, zhào běn shěng lǐsú, kěyǐ sòng hóng zhàng, dàn yě yǒu sòng bái zhàng de, shàng bǎi zhāng hóng bái “qí hǎi” zài zhàngpéng lǐ, hǎoxiàng dà mǎxì bānzi zháyíng gōngyǎn. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to cover
    Synonym: 遮蔽 (zhēbì)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 幛子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 軸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 軸布 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 軸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 軸 |

### Compounds

* 串幛
* 喜幛
* 壽幛／寿幛
* 夾箔幛／夹箔幛
* 屏幛
* 幛光
* 幛子 (zhàngzi)
* 幛蔽
* 幛詞／幛词
* 惡幛／恶幛
* 祭幛
* 箔幛
* 賀幛／贺幛
* 輓幛／挽幛 (wǎnzhàng)
* 邪幛
* 霧幛／雾幛

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
* Kun: ぬの (nuno)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

幛: Hán Nôm readings: trướng
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