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English definition support
Mandarin pronunciation(s), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization system chuang1 qiang1 qiang4
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Jyutping romanization system coeng1
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Yale romanization system cheung1
Japanese (Kana) ソウ ショウ きず
Japanese (Hepburn) hajimeru kizu
Sino-Japanese sou
Korean pronunciation(s), using the Yale romanization system chang
Hangul 창:1N
Simplified variants
Semantic variants (x- or y-variants with similar or identical meaning)
Unicode radical / stroke count + 10
Unicode total stroke count 14
Cangjie ORI
Four corner code 8365.0
漢語大字典 <Hanyu Da Zidian> 'Great Chinese Character Dictionary' (in 8 Volumes). Hubei and Sichuan Dictionary Publishing Collectives, 1986-1990. ISBN: 7-5403-0030 2/H.16 volume 2, page 1410, character 10
KangXi dictionary, 7th edition published by Zhonghua Bookstore in Beijing, 1989 page 413, position 25
Dae Jaweon (Korean) dictionary, first edition, published in Seoul by Samseong Publishing Co., Ltd., 1988 page 756, position 27
Cihai (辭海) dictionary, single volume edition, published in Hong Kong by the Zhonghua Bookstore, 1983 (reprint of the 1947 edition), ISBN 962-231-005-2 page 553, row 5, position 1
This represents the position(s) of the ideograph in the Soengmou San Zidin (商務新字典, New Commercial Press Character Dictionary) page 236, character 20
Ten Thousand Characters: An Analytic Dictionary by G. Hugh Casey, S.J. Hong Kong: Kelley and Walsh, 1980 254
Chinese-English Dictionary by Robert H. Mathews, Cambrige: Harvard University Press, 1975 1462
Unicode code point (dec / hex): 25127 / 6227


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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