Chinese Character Wiki
敞

chǎng

roomy

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound.

Components
攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

尚 sound component

尚  Sound component

shàng

  

esteem

Evolution

敞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
敞 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
敞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

敞  

chǎng

roomy, spacious, open, broad; open to the view of all; spacious; to open wide; to disclose

Most common words with 敞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

敞开

to open wide

宽敞

spacious

敞

spacious

敞篷车

open car

敞亮

bright and spacious

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

廠 氅

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tʰaŋʔ

tsyhangX

chǎng

open, spacious


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.9769% of movies

2244th most common character in movies

2592nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+655E

Shuowen

“敞，平治高土，可以遠望也。从攴，尚聲。”


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