嘗
cháng HSK5

taste

Phonosemantic compound. 旨 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound.

Components

尚
尚 Sound component
shàng, shang esteem
旨
旨 Iconic component
zhǐ purpose

Depicts a spoon (匕) going into the mouth (口). The original meaning of 旨 was "fine-tasting".

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyangCə.daŋ taste (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“嘗，口味之也。从旨，尚聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

尝 cháng taste Simplified

Simplified form of 嘗. Phonosemantic compound. 旨 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound.

Components

尚
尚 Sound component
shàng, shang esteem
云
云 Simplified component
yún clouds

Shorthand for the 旨 component in the traditional character 嘗.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

偿

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode