# 彰

| 彰 | U+5F70, &#24432; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F70 |
| ← 彯 [U+5F6F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 影 → [U+5F71] |

## Translingual
### Han character

彰 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜十竹竹竹 (YJHHH), four-corner 0242$_2$, composition ⿰章彡)

#### Derived characters

* 𢣪, 𤁀

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 364, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10015
* Dae Jaweon: page 684, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 857, character 1
* Unihan data for U+5F70

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彰 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 章 | *kjaŋ |
| 樟 | *kjaŋ |
| 彰 | *kjaŋ |
| 漳 | *kjaŋ |
| 鄣 | *kjaŋ |
| 璋 | *kjaŋ |
| 嫜 | *kjaŋ |
| 獐 | *kjaŋ |
| 慞 | *kjaŋ |
| 墇 | *kjaŋ, *kjaŋs |
| 障 | *kjaŋ, *kjaŋs |
| 麞 | *kjaŋ |
| 蔁 | *kjaŋ |
| 暲 | *kjaŋ |
| 嶂 | *kjaŋs |
| 瘴 | *kjaŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kjaŋ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ, “emblem”) + semantic 彡 (“colorful patterns”) – conspicuous.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhāng (zhang$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiong / chiang
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhang
*** Wade–Giles: chang$^1$
*** Yale: jāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jang
*** Palladius: чжан (čžan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoeng$^1$
*** Yale: jēung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong
*** Tâi-lô: tsiong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiang
*** Tâi-lô: tsiang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciafng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsyang
Rime :
| Character | 彰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 諸良切 |
| Baxter | tsyang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zoeng$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kjaŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 彰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16819 |
| Phonetic component | 章 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 章 |
| Old Chinese | /*kjaŋ/ |

### Definitions

彰
* clear; obvious; conspicuous
* to make manifest; to display; to express; to reveal
* to commend; to praise; to distinguish
* (literary) beautiful; brilliant; gorgeous
* a surname

### Compounds

* 不彰
* 名位不彰
* 天理昭彰
* 彰化 (Zhānghuà)
* 彰化市
* 彰化縣 / 彰化县
* 彰善癉惡 / 彰善瘅恶
* 彰彰
* 彰彰可據 / 彰彰可据
* 彰往察來 / 彰往察来
* 彰明較著 / 彰明较著 (zhāngmíngjiàozhù)
* 彰著
* 彰露
* 惡名昭彰 / 恶名昭彰 (èmíngzhāozhāng)
* 效果不彰
* 昭彰 (zhāozhāng)
* 欲蓋彌彰 / 欲盖弥彰 (yùgàimízhāng)
* 癉惡彰善 / 瘅恶彰善
* 相得益彰 (xiāngdéyìzhāng)
* 眾目昭彰 / 众目昭彰
* 知微知彰
* 累彰勛效 / 累彰勋效
* 績效不彰 / 绩效不彰
* 聲跡彰露 / 声迹彰露
* 臭名昭彰
* 表彰 (biǎozhāng)
* 跌宕昭彰

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 彰 |
| Kyūjitai | 彰󠄂 彰+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* obvious, clear

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
* Kun: あや (aya, 彰)、あきらか (akiraka, 彰らか)、あらわす (arawasu, 彰す)、あらわれる (arawareru, 彰れる)
* Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、あや (aya)、ただ (tada)、てる (teru)

### Proper noun

彰(あきら) • (Akira)
* a male given name

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 820 (paper), page 460 (digital)

## Korean
### Hanja

彰 • (chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune–Reischauer ch'ang, Yale chang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

彰: Hán Nôm readings: chương
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#### References

* Nom Foundation