蒼

See also: 苍

蒼 U+84BC, 蒼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84BC ← 蒻 [U+84BB] CJK Unified Ideographs 蒽 → [U+84BD]

Translingual

Han character

蒼 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿人戈口 (TOIR), four-corner 4460₇, composition ⿱艹倉)

Derived characters

• 濸 𡒝 𭟇 𭬝 𪼧 𦢁 𨮤 𩼺 𠠈 𩕹 𦾝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1050, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31627
• Dae Jaweon: page 1512, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3266, character 10
• Unihan data for U+84BC

Chinese

trad.		蒼
simp.		苍
alternative forms		滄／沧 𦭆 𡶍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蒼
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (倉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
艙	*sʰaːŋ
倉	*sʰaːŋ
蒼	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ
滄	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰraŋs
傖	*sʰaːŋ, *zraːŋ
鶬	*sʰaːŋ
凔	*sʰaːŋ
槍	*sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ
搶	*sʰaŋ, *sʰaŋʔ, *sʰraŋʔ
蹌	*sʰaŋ
瑲	*sʰaŋ
牄	*sʰaŋ
嗆	*sʰaŋs
創	*sʰraŋ, *sʰraŋs
瘡	*sʰraŋ
愴	*sʰraŋʔ, *sʰraŋs
鎗	*sʰraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-riŋ ~ s-r(j)aŋ (“to live; to be alive; to give birth; raw; green”) (STEDT). May be an old dialect variant of 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ, “green; blue”). Also cognate with 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs, “to live”), 性 (OC *sleŋs, “nature”), 姓 (OC *sleŋs, “surname”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāng (cang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhông

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cong¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): chŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhong / chhang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cang
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹
    • Yale: tsāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsang
    • Palladius: цан (can)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cong¹
    • Yale: chōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰouŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong
    • Tâi-lô: tshong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhang
    • Tâi-lô: tshang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshang

Rime
Character	蒼
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	七岡切
Baxter	tshang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蒼
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cāng
Middle Chinese	‹ tshang ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁaŋ/
English	deep blue or green
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	蒼
Reading #	1/2
No.	1126
Phonetic component	倉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倉
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːŋ/

Definitions

蒼

1. blue; green
2. white; greyish white
3. (Classical) abandoned granary
4. (Classical) desolate
5. (Classical) decay; decline; old age

Compounds

• 上蒼 / 上苍 (shàngcāng)
• 彼蒼 / 彼苍
• 擎蒼牽黃 / 擎苍牵黄
• 昊蒼 / 昊苍
• 暮色蒼茫 / 暮色苍茫
• 沒頭蒼蠅 / 没头苍蝇
• 滿心蒼涼 / 满心苍凉
• 無頭蒼蠅 / 无头苍蝇
• 白衣蒼狗 / 白衣苍狗 (báiyī-cānggǒu)
• 白雲蒼狗 / 白云苍狗 (báiyún-cānggǒu)
• 白髮蒼蒼 / 白发苍苍 (báifà cāngcāng)
• 白髮蒼顏 / 白发苍颜
• 皓首蒼顏 / 皓首苍颜
• 穹蒼 / 穹苍 (qióngcāng)
• 老蒼 / 老苍
• 老蒼頭 / 老苍头
• 莽蒼 / 莽苍
• 蒼勁 / 苍劲 (cāngjìng)
• 蒼吾讓兄 / 苍吾让兄
• 蒼天 / 苍天 (cāngtiān)
• 蒼峪 / 苍峪 (Cāngyù)
• 蒼朮 / 苍术 (cāngzhú)
• 蒼梧 / 苍梧 (Cāngwú)
• 蒼海 / 苍海 (cānghǎi)
• 蒼涼 / 苍凉 (cāngliáng)
• 蒼生 / 苍生 (cāngshēng)
• 蒼白 / 苍白 (cāngbái)
• 蒼穹 / 苍穹 (cāngqióng)
• 蒼空 / 苍空 (cāngkōng)
• 蒼筤 / 苍筤
• 蒼翠 / 苍翠 (cāngcuì)
• 蒼老 / 苍老 (cānglǎo)
• 蒼耳 / 苍耳 (cāng'ěr)
• 蒼苔 / 苍苔
• 蒼茫 / 苍茫 (cāngmáng)
• 蒼莽 / 苍莽
• 蒼蒼 / 苍苍 (cāngcāng)
• 蒼蠅 / 苍蝇
• 蒼蠅拍子 / 苍蝇拍子
• 蒼蠅紙 / 苍蝇纸 (cāngyingzhǐ)
• 蒼蠅見血 / 苍蝇见血
• 蒼蠅附驥尾而致千里 / 苍蝇附骥尾而致千里 (cāngying fù jì wěi ér zhì qiānlǐ)
• 蒼霧 / 苍雾
• 蒼頡 / 苍颉 (Cāngjié)
• 蒼頭 / 苍头
• 蒼顏 / 苍颜 (cāngyán)
• 蒼髯 / 苍髯 (cāngrán)
• 蒼鬱 / 苍郁 (cāngyù)
• 蒼鳥 / 苍鸟
• 蒼鶻 / 苍鹘
• 蒼鷺 / 苍鹭 (cānglù)
• 蒼鷹 / 苍鹰 (cāngyīng)
• 蒼黃 / 苍黄 (cānghuáng)
• 蒼黃翻覆 / 苍黄翻覆
• 蒼龍 / 苍龙 (cānglóng)
• 面色蒼白 / 面色苍白 (miànsècāngbái)
• 飛蒼走黃 / 飞苍走黄

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎng (cang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang³
    • Yale: tsǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaang
    • Palladius: цан (can)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cong²
    • Yale: chóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshangX

Rime
Character	蒼
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	麁朗切
Baxter	tshangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒼
Reading #	2/2
No.	1131
Phonetic component	倉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蒼
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːŋʔ/

Definitions

蒼

1. Used in 蒼莽／苍莽 (cǎngmǎng, “boundless”).

Further reading

• “蒼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蒼

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. blue
2. green

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: あお (ao, 蒼)^{←あを (awo, 蒼, historical)}、あおい (aoi, 蒼い)^{←あをい (awoi, 蒼い, historical)}
• Nanori: しげる (shigeru)

Compounds

Compounds

• 蒼(そう)牙(が) (sōga)
• 蒼(そう)海(かい) (sōkai)
• 蒼(そう)渇(かつ) (sōkatsu)
• 蒼(そう)顔(がん) (sōgan)
• 蒼(そう)頡(けつ) (sōketsu)
• 蒼(そう)古(こ) (sōko)
• 蒼(そう)梧(ご) (sōgo)
• 蒼(そう)庚(こう) (sōkō)
• 蒼(そう)黄(こう) (sōkō)
• 蒼(そう)惶(こう) (sōkō) (倉(そう)皇(こう))
• 蒼(そう)山(ざん) (sōzan)
• 蒼(そう)朮(じゅつ) (sōjutsu)
• 蒼(そう)潤(じゅん) (sōjun)
• 蒼(そう)生(せい) (sōsei)
• 蒼(そう)然(ぜん) (sōzen)
• 蒼(そう)蒼(そう) (sōsō)
• 蒼(そう)卒(そつ) (sōsotsu) (倉(そう)卒(そつ))
• 蒼(そう)帝(てい) (sōtei)
• 蒼(そう)天(てん) (sōten)
• 蒼(そう)頭(とう) (sōtō)
• 蒼(そう)白(はく) (sōhaku)
• 蒼(そう)髪(はつ) (sōhatsu)
• 蒼(そう)旻(びん) (sōbin)
• 蒼(そう)蕪(ぶ) (sōbu)
• 蒼(そう)茫(ぼう) (sōbō)
• 蒼(そう)莽(ぼう) (sōbō)
• 蒼(そう)莽(もう) (sōmō)
• 蒼(そう)蠅(よう) (sōyō)
• 蒼(そう)鷹(よう) (sōyō)
• 蒼(そう)竜(りゅう) (sōryū)
• 蒼(そう)老(ろう) (sōrō)
• 蒼(そう)浪(ろう) (sōrō)
• 鬱(うっ)蒼(そう) (ussō)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [창]

Hanja

Wikisource

蒼 (eumhun 푸를 창 (pureul chang))

1. green
2. blue
3. to grow thick

Compounds

Compounds

• 창고 (蒼古, changgo)
• 창룡 (蒼龍, changnyong)
• 창망 (蒼茫, changmang)
• 창백 (蒼白, changbaek)
• 창생 (蒼生, changsaeng)
• 창승 (蒼蠅, changseung)
• 창안 (蒼顏, chang'an)
• 창연 (蒼然, chang'yeon)
• 창윤 (蒼潤, chang'yun)
• 창창 (蒼蒼, changchang)
• 창천 (蒼天, changcheon)
• 창출 (蒼朮, changchul)
• 창해 (蒼海, changhae)
• 창황 (蒼黃, changhwang)
• 울창 (鬱蒼, ulchang)

Vietnamese

Han character

蒼: Hán Nôm readings: thương

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