Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

唱: chant, recite

Also: call upon, yell

JLPT N111 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 昌 gives the sound

11 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 万歳三唱ばんざいさんしょうthree cheers
  • 唱和するしょうわするsing/cheer in chorus
  • 合唱するがっしょうするsing in chorus
  • 独唱するどくしょうするsing a solo
  • 暗唱するあんしょうするrecite (from memory)
  • 提唱するていしょうするpropose, advocate

となえるtonaeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 唱えるとなえるrecite, chant, call upon

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)口 (meaning) + 昌 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 唱 (rev. 91815556), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Mouth (口) + sun/repeat (昌). To use the "mouth" to "repeat" sacred words or rhythmic songs as clearly and brightly as the morning "sun."”
From the 口 mouth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
口

Also built on mouth (口)

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昌

Also built on prosperous (昌)

唱 takes the 昌 family's reading, ショウ (shou).

Also read ショウ

90 kanji share this on'yomiAll 90

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
唱 chant · 口
vs菖 iris · 艹
唱 has 口 where 菖 has 艹.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chàng

Same form: 唱 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
唱 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
唱 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin chàng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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