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

References
  • KangXi: page 1050, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31627
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1512, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3266, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+84BC

Chinese
trad. 蒼
simp. 苍

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, OC *sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ).

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 蒼 蒼
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 清 (14) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 唐 (101) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 七岡切 麁朗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰɑŋ/ /t͡sʰɑŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰɑŋ/ /t͡sʰɑŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰɑŋ/ /t͡sʰɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰaŋ/ /t͡sʰaŋX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰɑŋ/ /t͡sʰɑŋX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰɑŋ/ /t͡sʰɑŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰɑŋ/ /t͡sʰɑŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 cāng cǎng
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 蒼
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1126 1131
Phonetic
component		 倉 倉
Rime
group		 陽 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 倉 蒼
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰaːŋ/ /*sʰaːŋʔ/

Definitions

蒼

  1. blue; green

Compounds
  • 上蒼／上苍 (shàngcāng)
  • 天下蒼生／天下苍生
  • 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
  • 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
  • 蒼吾讓兄／苍吾让兄
  • 蒼蠅／苍蝇 (cāngying)
  • 蒼蠅拍子／苍蝇拍子 (cāngyingpāizi)
  • 蒼蠅紙／苍蝇纸 (cāngyingzhǐ)
  • 蒼蠅見血／苍蝇见血
  • 蒼霧／苍雾
  • 蒼頭／苍头
  • 蒼顏／苍颜
  • 蒼髯／苍髯
  • 蒼鬱／苍郁 (cāngyù)
  • 蒼鳥／苍鸟
  • 蒼鶻／苍鹘
  • 蒼鷹／苍鹰
  • 蒼鷺／苍鹭 (cānglù)
  • 蒼黃／苍黄 (cānghuáng)
  • 蒼黃翻覆／苍黄翻覆
  • 蒼龍／苍龙
  • 霖雨蒼生／霖雨苍生
  • 面色蒼白／面色苍白
  • 飛蒼走黃／飞苍走黄

Japanese

Kanji
蒼

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. blue
  2. green

Readings

Korean

Hanja

蒼 • (chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune–Reischauer ch'ang, Yale chang)

  1. green
  2. blue
  3. to grow thick

Vietnamese

Han character

蒼 (thương)

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