# 敞

| 敞 | U+655E, &#25950; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-655E |
| ← 敝 [U+655D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 敟 → [U+655F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

敞 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火月人大 (FBOK) or 難火月人大 (XFBOK), four-corner 9824$_0$, composition ⿰尚攵(GHTV) or ⿰尙攵(JK))

#### Derived characters

* 僘, 𭜂, 𢠵, 𱨬, 𤢄, 𭧨, 𣚿, 𤏮, 𦒚, 𩞥, 𮑇, 厰, 廠, 𤺲
* 𭏭, 幤, 㢢, 𢢌, 氅, 𧝟, 𦦢, 𠔷, 𣀴, 𩻪, 𪅶, 𫠝, 𪛆

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 472, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13246
* Dae Jaweon: page 825, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1467, character 3
* Unihan data for U+655E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 敞 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 當 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 襠 | *taːŋ |
| 鐺 | *taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ |
| 簹 | *taːŋ |
| 璫 | *taːŋ |
| 檔 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 儅 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 蟷 | *taːŋ |
| 擋 | *taːŋʔ, *taːŋs |
| 黨 | *taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 讜 | *taːŋʔ |
| 欓 | *taːŋʔ |
| 譡 | *taːŋs |
| 闣 | *taːŋs |
| 瓽 | *taːŋs |
| 鏜 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 闛 | *tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ |
| 鼞 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 曭 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 儻 | *tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs |
| 戃 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 矘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 爣 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 攩 | *hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs |
| 淌 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 倘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 躺 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 趟 | *tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs |
| 堂 | *daːŋ |
| 坣 | *daːŋ |
| 棠 | *daːŋ |
| 糛 | *daːŋ |
| 螳 | *daːŋ |
| 隚 | *daːŋ |
| 橖 | *daːŋ |
| 掌 | *tjaŋʔ |
| 廠 | *tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs |
| 敞 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 僘 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 氅 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 常 | *djaŋ |
| 嘗 | *djaŋ |
| 裳 | *djaŋ |
| 徜 | *djaŋ |
| 尚 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 甞 | *djaŋ |
| 鋿 | *djaŋ |
| 嫦 | *djaŋ |
| 償 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 賞 | *hjaŋʔ |
| 瞠 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 撐 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 樘 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 橕 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 牚 | *rtʰaːŋs |
| 埫 | *tʰoŋʔ |

### Etymology

Compare Tibetan ཐང (thang, “plain; flatland”) (Coblin, 1986).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chǎng (chang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cong$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiōng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhióng / chhiáng
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshan
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chǎng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻang$^3$
*** Yale: chǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaang
*** Palladius: чан (čan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cong$^2$
*** Yale: chóng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsong$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔːŋ³⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chiōng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰuoŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhióng
*** Tâi-lô: tshióng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiorng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáng
*** Tâi-lô: tshiáng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiarng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tshan
*** MiniDict: tshan$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tshan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰã³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsyhangX
Rime :
| Character | 敞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 昌兩切 |
| Baxter | tsyhangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰiɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰiɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰɨaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | coeng$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰaŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjaŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 敞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chǎng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyhang$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰaŋʔ/ |
| English | open, spacious |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 敞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11148 |
| Phonetic component | 尚 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 敞 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰjaŋʔ/ |

### Definitions

敞
* spacious; open; broad; roomy
* to be open; to leave (something) wide open

### Compounds

* 嘴敞
* 宏敞
* 寬敞 / 宽敞
* 幽敞
* 張敞畫眉 / 张敞画眉
* 敞亮 (chǎngliàng)
* 敞口兒 / 敞口儿
* 敞地 (chǎngdì)
* 敞廳 / 敞厅
* 敞快 (chǎngkuai)
* 敞怳 (chǎnghuǎng)
* 敞懷 / 敞怀
* 敞田
* 敞笑兒 / 敞笑儿
* 敞篷車 / 敞篷车 (chǎngpéngchē)
* 敞車 / 敞车 (chǎngchē)
* 敞開 / 敞开 (chǎngkāi)
* 敞開兒 / 敞开儿
* 明淨敞亮 / 明净敞亮
* 欒櫨宏敞 / 栾栌宏敞
* 畫眉張敞 / 画眉张敞
* 軒敞 / 轩敞 (xuānchǎng)
* 開敞地 / 开敞地
* 顯敞 / 显敞 (xiǎnchǎng)
* 高冠敞袖
* 高敞

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kun: たかい (takai)、ほがらか (hogaraka)
* Nanori: あきら (akira)、たかし (takashi)、ひさ (hisa)、ひろし (hiroshi)

## Korean
### Hanja

敞 (eum 창 (chang))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

敞: Hán Nôm readings: sưởng
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#### References

* Nom Foundation