丧
sàngsāng HSK6

mourning

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approved by Prismcool · May 6, 2024, 02:11 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on May 6, 2024, 02:11 AM

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

Components

桑
桑 Sound component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 桑 than it was in ancient scripts.
口
口 IconicSimplified component

Depicts a mouth wailing.

口
口 IconicSimplified component

Depicts a mouth wailing.

亡
亡 SoundMeaning component
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