倡 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chàng

guide

Someone 亻 who lights the way 昌; 昌 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

chāng

prosperous

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chàng

guide, leader; lead, introduce; to initiate; to instigate; to introduce; to lead

Most common words with 倡

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	提倡	to promote
	倡导	to advocate
	倡议	to suggest
	倡导者	proponent
	反腐倡廉	to fight corruption and advocate probity

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*mə-tʰaŋ-s	tsyhangH	chàng	to lead (in singing)

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 1.5537% of movies

3242nd most common character in movies

2185th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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