昌 (chāng): (bound form) prosperous, flourishing
昌 (chāng) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) prosperous.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (structural) and 曰 (structural). It ranks #1595 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 昌 speaking 曰 in the daytime 日. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- (bound form) prosperous
- flourishing
Etymology & Origin
ideographicSpeaking 曰 in the daytime 日
Decomposition: ⿱日曰 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昌盛 | chāng shèng | prosperous |
| 繁荣昌盛 | fán róng chāng shèng | glorious and flourishing (idiom) |
| 武昌 | wǔ chāng | see 武昌區|武昌区[Wu3 chang1 Qu1] |
| 金昌 | jīn chāng | see 金昌市[Jin1 chang1 Shi4] |
| 昌吉 | chāng jí | see 昌吉回族自治州[Chang1 ji2 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] |
| 文昌 | wén chāng | Wenchang City, Hainan |
| 昌吉回族自治州 | chāng jí huí zú zì zhì zhōu | Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3 Zi... |
| 南昌起义 | nán chāng qǐ yì | Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War |
| 武昌起义 | wǔ chāng qǐ yì | Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty |
| 东昌府区 | dōng chāng fǔ qū | Dongchangfu district of Liaocheng city 聊城市[Liao2 cheng2 shi4], Shandong |
| 昌都市 | chāng dū shì | Qamdo, prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] |
| 西昌市 | xī chāng shì | Xichang, a county-level city in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou... |
| 东昌区 | dōng chāng qū | Dongchang, a district of Tonghua City 通化市[Tong1 hua4 Shi4], Jilin |
| 昌原市 | chāng yuán shì | Changwon City, capital of South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qing4 shang4 nan2 dao4], South Korea |
| 许昌市 | xǔ chāng shì | Xuchang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3] |
昌 appears in 100 compound words: 29 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 38 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 昌 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Showing 3 of 5 idioms containing 昌.
Example Sentences
昌落西山，晚霞映红了半边天。
chāng luò xī shān , wǎn xiá yìng hóng le bàn biān tiān .
The sun sets over the western hills, The evening glow paints half the sky crimson.
为何黄国昌脱口“加入李四川”?他酸呛:从头到尾只想...
wéi hé huáng guó chāng tuō kǒu jiā rù lǐ sì chuān ? tā suān qiàng : cóng tóu dào wěi zhī xiǎng . . .
Why did Huang Guochang blurt out "join Li Sichuan"? He choked sourly: From beginning to end, I just wanted to...
黄国昌当李四川副手?周榆修批“外界超译”:新北...
huáng guó chāng dāng lǐ sì chuān fù shǒu ? zhōu 榆 xiū pī wài jiè chāo yì : xīn běi . . .
Huang Guochang as Li Sichuan's deputy? Zhou Yuxiu criticized the "external super-translation": New Taipei...
黄国昌松口挺李四川“反助苏巧慧”关键曝
huáng guó chāng sōng kǒu tǐng lǐ sì chuān fǎn zhù sū qiǎo huì guān jiàn pù
Huang Guochang loosened his mouth and supported Li Sichuan's "anti-help Su Qiaohui" key exposure
Character Family
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