瘡

See also: 疮

瘡 U+7621, 瘡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7621 ← 瘠 [U+7620] CJK Unified Ideographs 瘢 → [U+7622]

Translingual

Han character

瘡 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大人戈口 (KOIR), four-corner 0016₇, composition ⿸疒倉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 778, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22404
• Dae Jaweon: page 1188, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2690, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7621

Chinese

trad.		瘡
simp.		疮

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (倉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
艙	*sʰaːŋ
倉	*sʰaːŋ
蒼	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ
滄	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰraŋs
傖	*sʰaːŋ, *zraːŋ
鶬	*sʰaːŋ
凔	*sʰaːŋ
槍	*sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ
搶	*sʰaŋ, *sʰaŋʔ, *sʰraŋʔ
蹌	*sʰaŋ
瑲	*sʰaŋ
牄	*sʰaŋ
嗆	*sʰaŋs
創	*sʰraŋ, *sʰraŋs
瘡	*sʰraŋ
愴	*sʰraŋʔ, *sʰraŋs
鎗	*sʰraːŋ

Etymology

Same word as 創 (OC *sʰraŋ, “wound”) (Wang, 1982).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chuāng (chuang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cuang¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cong¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): cong⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): cong¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhông

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cong¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): cuon¹
• Northern Min (KCR): chó̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): chŏng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cung¹ / cng¹ / corng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhng / chhong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ceng¹

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): co¹ / cang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshaon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): can¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang¹
    • Yale: chwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuang
    • Palladius: чуан (čuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cuang¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cuong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cong¹
    • Yale: chōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: cong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: cong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: cuon¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuɒ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰouŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cung¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: corng¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cho̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɒŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: corng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/

Note:

• cung1/cng1 - vernacular;
• corng1 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhng
    • Tâi-lô: tshng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong
    • Tâi-lô: tshong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
Note:
• chhng - vernacular;
• chhong - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ceng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯŋ³³/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: co¹ / cang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔ³⁵/, /t͡sʰaŋ³⁵/
Note:
• co1 - vernacular;
• cang1 - literary.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshaon
    • MiniDict: tshaon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: can¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰan³³/

---

• Middle Chinese: tsrhjang

Rime
Character	瘡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	初良切
Baxter	tsrhjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiaŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]raŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	瘡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chuāng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrhjang ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]raŋ/
English	boil, tumor
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘡
Reading #	1/1
No.	1140
Phonetic component	倉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	創
Old Chinese	/*sʰraŋ/

Definitions

瘡

1. wound; cut
2. sore; skin ulcer; boil (Classifier: 個／个 m; 塊／块 m; 粒 c)

Synonyms

• (wound):

edit

• 傷口 / 伤口 (shāngkǒu)
• 傷喙 / 伤喙 (Hokkien)
• 傷喙口 / 伤喙口 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 創口 / 创口 (chuāngkǒu)
• 空口 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 空喙 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)

• (sore): (Taishanese) 瘡仔／疮仔

Compounds

• 凍瘡 / 冻疮 (dòngchuāng)
• 剝痛瘡 / 剥痛疮
• 剜肉補瘡 / 剜肉补疮
• 剜肉醫瘡 / 剜肉医疮
• 割肉醫瘡 / 割肉医疮
• 千孔百瘡 / 千孔百疮
• 千瘡百孔 / 千疮百孔 (qiānchuāngbǎikǒng)
• 口瘡 / 口疮 (kǒuchuāng)
• 坐板瘡 / 坐板疮
• 大瘡 / 大疮
• 天疱瘡 (tiānpàochuāng)
• 對口瘡 / 对口疮
• 廣瘡 / 广疮 (guǎngchuāng)
• 惡瘡 / 恶疮
• 挖肉補瘡 / 挖肉补疮
• 揭瘡疤 / 揭疮疤
• 棒瘡 / 棒疮 (bàngchuāng)
• 漏瘡 / 漏疮
• 漏瘡痘 / 漏疮痘
• 滿目瘡痍 / 满目疮痍 (mǎnmùchuāngyí)
• 狼瘡 / 狼疮 (lángchuāng)
• 疔瘡 / 疔疮 (dīngchuāng)
• 疥瘡 / 疥疮 (jièchuāng)
• 痔瘡 / 痔疮 (zhìchuāng)
• 痤瘡 / 痤疮 (cuóchuāng)
• 痘瘡 / 痘疮 (dòuchuāng)
• 瘡口 / 疮口 (chuāngkǒu)
• 瘡好忘痛 / 疮好忘痛
• 瘡疤 / 疮疤 (chuāngbā)
• 瘡痂 / 疮痂
• 瘡痏 / 疮痏
• 瘡痕 / 疮痕
• 瘡痍 / 疮痍 (chuāngyí)
• 瘡痍滿目 / 疮痍满目 (chuāngyímǎnmù)
• 瘡瘍 / 疮疡 (chuāngyáng)
• 瘡瘢 / 疮瘢
• 瘡癆 / 疮痨
• 療瘡剜肉 / 疗疮剜肉
• 百孔千瘡 / 百孔千疮 (bǎikǒngqiānchuāng)
• 禿瘡 / 秃疮 (tūchuāng)
• 羊鬚瘡 / 羊须疮
• 臁瘡 / 臁疮
• 膿瘡 / 脓疮 (nóngchuāng)
• 舊瘡疤 / 旧疮疤
• 蓐瘡 / 蓐疮
• 褥瘡 / 褥疮 (rùchuāng)
• 金瘡 / 金疮 (jīnchuāng)
• 金瘡小草 / 金疮小草
• 金瘡藥 / 金疮药
• 風流瘡 / 风流疮
• 鵝口瘡 / 鹅口疮

Descendants

• → Proto-Hmong-Mien: *tshaŋᴬ

References

• “瘡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “疮”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 36.