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唱

唱 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. となえる。
  2. うた。歌曲。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「口」 + 音符「昌」。「うたう」「となえる」を意味する漢語｛唱｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

chant, recite, call upon, yell

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウElem.
Kun (native)
  • とな(える)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音chang4
  • 한글chang
  • Hán-ViệtXướng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5531

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口昌

Words using this kanji

  • 唱えるとなえる「となえる」参照。to recite, to chant, to cry, to yell
  • 唱歌しょうか声に出して歌うこと、又はその歌。singing, song, music class (at pre-WWII schools), song for music classes
  • 唱和しょうわ一人が唱えた声の後に他の人がそれに合わせて唱えること。 一人が作った詩歌に応じて他者が詩歌を作ること。cheering in chorus, saying in unison
  • 唱道しょうどう主張などを率先して唱えること。advocacy
  • 唱導しょうどう経文を唱えて衆生を信仰に導くこと。leading (movement, revolution, etc.), guiding, instructing in Buddhism, converting (someone) to Buddhism
  • 唱題しょうだい経典の題目を唱えること。 特に日蓮宗、法華宗で「南無妙法蓮華経」と唱えること。chanting the title of a sutra (esp. the Lotus Sutra)
  • 唱法しょうほう歌い方。singing technique, way of singing
  • 唱い方とないかたmethod of chanting
  • 唱歌集しょうかしゅうsongbook, collection of songs

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
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6606.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d8.9
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21
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