唱 — Chinese character
唱
chàng
to sing, to chant, to call; ditty, song
- Pinyin
- chàng
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 口 昌
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 昌
- Japanese
- 唱 as a kanji
Common words with 唱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唱歌 | chàng gē | to sing a song |
| 演唱会 (演唱會) | yǎn chàng huì | vocal recital or concert |
| 演唱 | yǎn chàng | to sing (for an audience); vocal performance |
| 唱片 | chàng piàn | gramophone record; LP |
| 歌唱 | gē chàng | to sing |
| 合唱 | hé chàng | chorus; to chorus |
| 合唱团 (合唱團) | hé chàng tuán | chorus; choir |
| 主唱 | zhǔ chàng | to sing the lead vocals; lead singer |
| 翻唱 | fān chàng | to cover (a previously recorded song); cover version (of a song) |
| 说唱 (說唱) | shuō chàng | speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 弹词 (tán cí) and 相声 (xiàng sheng); (music) rapping |
| 高唱 | gāo chàng | to sing loudly; fig. to mouth slogans |
| 吟唱 | yín chàng | to chant; to recite |
English words written with 唱
唱 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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