丧魂落魄 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

sàng mourning Simplified

Simplified form of 喪. Depicts multiple mouths (吅) wailing to mourn the death (亡) of someone. 桑 and 亡 represent the sound.

Components

桑 Sound component

sāng mulberry tree

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 桑 than it was in ancient scripts.

吅 Iconic Simplified component

xuān, sòng noise

Depicts multiple mouths wailing.

亡 Sound Meaning component

wáng death

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 亡 than it was in ancient scripts.

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.107漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

hún soul

Phonosemantic compound. 鬼 represents the meaning and 云 represents the sound. Simplified form of 䰟.

Components

鬼 Meaning component

guǐ ghost

云 Sound component

yún clouds

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwon	[m.]qʷˤə[n]	spiritual soul
Zhengzhang		ɢuːn
Unicode	huən

說文解字

陽气也。从鬼云聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

luò, là fall

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 洛 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸. Alludes to leaves falling from trees.

洛 Sound component

luò river in Shanxi province

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lak	kə.rˤak	fall (v.)

說文解字

凡艸曰零，木曰落。从艸洛聲。

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)

pò vigor

Phonosemantic compound. 鬼 represents the meaning and 白 represents the sound.

Components

鬼 Meaning component

guǐ ghost

白 Sound component

bái, bai white

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phæk	pʰˤrak	bodily form or soul
Zhengzhang		tʰaːɡ
		pʰraːɡ
Unicode	pæk

說文解字

陰神也。从鬼白聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

sàng mourning Traditional

Depicts multiple mouths (吅) wailing to mourn the death (亡) of someone. 桑 and 亡 represent the sound.

Components

桑 Sound component

sāng mulberry tree

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 桑 than it was in ancient scripts.

吅 Iconic component

xuān, sòng noise

Depicts multiple mouths wailing.

亡 Sound Meaning component

wáng death

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 亡 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sang	s-mˤaŋ	mourning, burial
	sangH	s-mˤaŋ-s	lose; destroy

說文解字

《說文》：“喪，亡也。从哭，从亡，會意。亡亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.107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)

丧 sàng mourning Simplified

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魂 hún soul

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說文解字

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落 luò, là fall

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魄 pò vigor

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喪 sàng mourning Traditional

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sàng mourning Simplified

hún soul

luò, là fall

pò vigor

sàng mourning Traditional