倡(chàng)

HSK 510 strokes
Readingschàngchāng

to initiate

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Character information

Pinyin
chàng / chāng
Meaning
to initiate; to instigate; to introduce; to lead
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 倡 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰亻昌

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

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

亻rén昌chāng

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 倡 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 倡

Common words using 倡 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

chàng倡dǎo导
HSK 5

to advocate; to initiate; to propose; to be a proponent of (an idea or scho…

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tí提chàng倡
HSK 5

to promote

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chàng倡yì议
HSK 7-9

to suggest

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chàng倡shǐ始

to initiate

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chàng倡kuáng狂

variant of 猖狂[chang1 kuang2]

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yī一chàng倡sān三tàn叹

variant of 一唱三叹

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chàng倡dǎo导zhě者

proponent

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chàng倡yì议shū书

written proposal; document outlining an initiative

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Related characters

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丑丢乏乘乙亏享仔

From 倡’s common words

导提议始狂一三叹

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