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{{character info}}
==Translingual==
{{stroke order|strokes=8}}

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=72|rad=日|as=04|sn=8|four=60600|canj=AA|ids=⿱日曰}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[倡]], [[唱]], [[猖]], [[淐]], [[娼]], [[琩]], [[椙]], [[晿]], [[焻]], [[錩]], [[誯]], [[𰎅]], [[𣣘]], [[焻]], [[𤏒]], [[菖]], [[䅛]], [[𬕑]], [[𬗡]], [[𪣧]], [[𪉨]]([[𬸶]]), [[𥓥]], [[裮]], [[𢃑]], [[𥚕]], [[閶]]([[阊]]), [[䮖]], [[猖]], [[䗉]], [[鯧]]([[鲳]]), [[𪂇]], [[𥫅]]}}

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=0491.100|dkj=13803|dj=0852.160|hdz=21490.030|uh=660C|ud=26124|bh=A9F7|bd=43511}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|alt=𣅊}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|日|口|ls=ic|c1=s|c2=s|t1=sun|t2=mouth}}. The mouth is a reference to being awaken at dawn through shouts or songs. During the Warring States Period, {{zh-m|*口}} developed into {{zh-m|*曰}}.

===Etymology 1===
{{och-l|昌|tr=khlaŋ ~ thaŋ}} is possibly related to {{och-l|陽}}, in which case it'd go back to *''khlaŋ'', supported by {{cog|mkh-vie-pro|*hlaŋᴮ}}; note the phonetic parallelism with {{och-l|唱|tr=k-hlaŋh}} ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}).

See {{zh-l|陽}} for further etymology.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=chāng
|m-s=cang1
|c=coeng1
|c-t=ciang1
|g=
|h=pfs=chhông;gd=cong1
|j=
|mb=
|md=chiŏng
|mn=xm,qz,tw:chhiong/zz:chhiang
|mn_note=chhiong/chhiang - literary
|mn-t=ciang1
|w=sh:1tshaon
|x=
|mc=y
|oc=y
|ma=
|cat=n,a,pn
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{lb|zh|literary|or in compounds}} [[prosperous]]; [[flourishing]]
# {{zh-div|州}} {{lb|zh|historical}} {{w|Chāng Prefecture|Chang Prefecture}}
# {{surname|zh}}
# {{†}} [[sunlight]]
# {{†}} [[good]]; [[proper]]; [[right]]
# {{†}} [[beautiful]]; [[lovely]]

====Synonyms====
* {{s|prosperous}}
{{syn-saurus|zh|繁榮}}

====Antonyms====
* {{as|prosperous}}
{{ant-saurus|zh|繁榮}}

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|南昌|寖明寖昌|太昌|國運昌隆|不昌|光昌|五世其昌|昌平|昌化石|昌盛|東昌紙|昌言|武昌剩竹|文昌魚|昌容|樂昌破鏡|昌盍|泰昌|昌大|昌辭|昌意|武昌起義|昌黎|昌明|昌隆|昌光|文昌星|蕃昌|繁榮昌盛|隆昌|阿昌族|平昌|永昌|金昌|武昌|晉昌|宜昌|孝昌|昌達|大昌|昌江|屯昌|東昌|許昌<t:[[Xuchang]]>|文昌|順我者昌，逆我者亡|繁昌|西昌|梁昌|幽昌}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|mn=xm,qz,tw:chhiuⁿ/zz:chhioⁿ
|mn_note=chhiuⁿ/chhioⁿ - vernacular
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{lb|zh|Southern Min|in compounds}} [[facial]] [[expression]]

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|面昌|張昌}}

===Etymology 3===

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=chàng
|cat=v
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{†}} {{alt form|zh|倡|t=to [[initiate]]; to [[propose]]}}
# {{†}} {{alt form|zh|唱|t=to [[chant]]; to [[recite]]}}

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|昌導<tr:chàngdǎo>|昌誦<tr:chàngsòng>|昌言<tr:chàngyán>}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=|rs=日04}}

# good
# prosper

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=しょう<しやう
|kanon=しょう<しやう
|kun=さか-ん
|nanori=まさ, あき, よし, まさし, あきら, さかえ, あつ, すけ}}

====Compounds====
* {{ja-r|昌%運|しょう%うん}}
* {{ja-r|昌%盛|しょう%せい}}
* {{ja-r|盛%昌|せい%しょう}}
* {{ja-r|隆%昌|りゅう%しょう}}
* {{ja-r|繁%昌|はん%じょう}}
* {{ja-r|昌%言|しょう%げん}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|창성하다|창성할|창}}

# [[prosperity]], [[flourishing]], [[thriving]]

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=xương|rs=日04}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=日04}}