chāng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 阊阖, the gate of heaven (classical)

Examples

Shī zhōng xiě tuī kāi chāng hé zǒujìn tiāngōng.
The poem describes pushing open the gate of heaven and entering the palace of the Emperor of Heaven.

Tips

history
is not used alone. It survives in 阊阖 ('the gate of heaven', also a poetic name for the west wind) and the Suzhou city gate 阊门. The gate radical gives the door meaning; supplies the sound.
register
Literary and archaic. You meet only in classical poetry, the fixed word 阊阖, and old place names.

Components

radical
mén
gate; door
(gate) is the indexing radical and supplies the meaning: is the great gate of heaven, the same enclosure as in 阊阖.
phonetic
chāng
phonetic element
supplies the reading for directly, with matching tone; it lends only the pronunciation.

Stroke Order

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