chàng
sing
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 昌 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 唱
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to sing | ||
to sing a song | ||
vocal recital or concert | ||
sung performance | ||
LP |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*mə-tʰaŋ-s | tsyhangH | chàng | to lead (in singing) |
Statistics
HSK level 1
Appears in 35.7520% of movies
555th most common character in movies
1252nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+5531 |
Shuowen | “唱，導也。从口，昌聲。” |
Sources
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