TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
倡
倡 ＝ 亻 ＋ 昌
ㄔㄤˋ · chàng
verb — to advocate, to initiate, to take the lead
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person
Tchāng → chàng — tone shifted off the donor
A person (亻) and 昌, bright and flourishing — 昌 carries the sound chāng, tipped to chàng. The earliest sense was a singer who leads the tune; from leading, it became to take the lead in proposing: 倡導 to advocate, 提倡 to promote, 倡議 to initiate.
意 · Meanings
(本義)倡（領唱、帶頭）— to lead the tune, to take the lead
→倡導、提倡— to advocate, to promote常用
→倡議— to initiate, to propose
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension