丧
sàngsāng HSK6

mourning

丧 (喪) sàng frequency
discouraged adjective
feeling disappointed, dejected, or in low spirits

考试没考好，他这几天看起来很丧。

kǎo​shì méi kǎo hǎo, tā zhè jǐ tiān kàn qi​lai hěn sàng.

He didn't do well on the exam, so he's been looking very depressed lately.

lose noun
to lose something abstract but important (such as courage, authority, or life) or to be bereaved of a loved one

他因为中年丧子，性格变得非常消沉。

tā yīn​wèi zhōng​nián sàng zǐ, xìng​gé biàn de fēi​cháng xiāo​chén.

Because he lost his son in middle age, he became very despondent.

丧 (喪) sāng
corpse verb
a dead body (archaic usage)

停丧于堂。

tíng sāng yú táng.

The coffin is placed in the hall.

mourning noun
relating to mourning or funeral rites

他家正在办丧事。

tā jiā zhèng​zài bàn sāng shì.

His family is holding a funeral.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,404th most common 81.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,496th most common 43.4 per million appears in 23% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.19 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
8.55 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Traditional
喪
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+4E27

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)