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昌: prosperous; splendor; sunlight

By October 18, 2013October 6th, 2015Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

昌 chāng


: prosperous; flourishing; sunlight; splendor

Kun Reading

On Reading

しょう shou

 Usage:

昌盛 chang1sheng4: prosperous
昌平 chang1ping2: Changping district of Beijing
[しょうへい shouhei: peace, tranquility]

Japanese
昌泰 | しょうたい shoutai: Shoutai era (898.4.26-901.7.15)

Chinese idiom/saying
繁榮[荣]昌盛 fan2 rong2 chang1 sheng4
: glorious and flourishing: thriving

順[顺]我者昌逆我者亡 shun4 wo3 zhe3 chang1 ni4 wo3 zhe3 wang2
: submit to me and prosper, or oppose me and perish

 Etymology:


会意 Associative Compound.
Speaking 曰 (yue1: say) under the
sun (ri4: sun/day radical)



 Examples:


我們的國家正在走向繁榮[荣]昌盛.
wo3men de guo2jia1 zheng4zai4 zou3xiang4 fan2 rong2 chang1 sheng4
Our country is moving towards prosperity.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary