Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower. Radical: Knife (dao). Character: chuang. Kangxi Stroke Count: 12. Page Number: 143.
In ancient texts, it is written in a variant form pronounced qiang.
Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui) provide the fanqie pronunciation chu liang. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) provides the fanqie chu zhuang. It is pronounced the same as the character for sores, chuang.
Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) explains the meaning as injury. It was originally written in a variant form or as chuang.
Xu says: This is the character chuang as in knife wound, referring to an injury caused by a blade.
There were seventy wounds on his body — Book of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Cao Shen.
Furthermore, ritual and righteousness were established from this — Book of the Former Han, Postface of Ban Gu (Ban Gu Xuzhuan).
The commentary by Shigu says: chuang means to establish for the first time, pronounced with the fanqie chu liang.
Furthermore, Tang Rhymes provides the fanqie chu liang in the departing tone, pronounced the same as the departing tone of chuang. It means to start or establish.
To establish a foundation and pass it to later generations — Mencius (Mengzi).
It also means to cause harm. The people suffered injuries due to war — Book of the Former Han, Account of the Xiongnu.
It also means to punish or admonish. I use this as an admonishment — Book of Documents (Shujing), Yi and Ji.
The commentary states that Yu said he took the evil behavior of Danzhu as a warning, not daring to be idle or seek pleasure.
Furthermore, Collected Rhymes provides the fanqie qian yang, pronounced the same as qiang. The character qiang is sometimes written as chuang. The term qiangqiang refers to the sound of jade stones clashing.
The Jade Chapters (Yupian) states it is an ancient form of the character for sores.
If there are sores on the head, one should wash the hair — Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rules of Propriety. For further details, see the entry under Radical: Sickness (ne), ten strokes.
