Read Edit View history Discussion 桑 sāng HSK7 mulberry tree Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts the leaves of a mulberry tree (木). The leaves from a mulberry tree were the food silkworms would eat. Pinyin Separate values with commas sāng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts the leaves from the mulberry trees. Modern form looks like unrelated 叒. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 桑 Simp strokes 桑 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 桑 Simp strokes 桑 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 桑 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 384, 780 ], [ 449, 776 ], [ 563, 802 ], [ 593, 799 ], [ 608, 789 ], [ 599, 755 ], [ 565, 699 ], [ 516, 650 ], [ 484, 631 ], [ 428, 610 ], [ 388, 598 ], [ 330, 592 ] ], [ [ 394, 730 ], [ 576, 655 ], [ 613, 630 ], [ 628, 610 ] ], [ [ 218, 523 ], [ 247, 517 ], [ 287, 520 ], [ 406, 551 ], [ 429, 541 ], [ 438, 530 ], [ 391, 443 ], [ 346, 392 ], [ 286, 355 ], [ 218, 332 ] ], [ [ 266, 472 ], [ 380, 398 ], [ 398, 382 ], [ 416, 346 ] ], [ [ 548, 562 ], [ 606, 563 ], [ 676, 583 ], [ 704, 582 ], [ 720, 572 ], [ 695, 501 ], [ 648, 444 ], [ 609, 417 ], [ 556, 399 ], [ 524, 396 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551 Q 586 539 630 552 Q 664 567 672 567 Q 690 567 686 548 Q 677 506 652 475 L 623 446 Q 581 416 520 402 Q 508 398 518 391 Q 543 379 624 410 Q 640 417 655 427 L 692 461 Z", "M 655 427 Q 694 405 736 377 Q 751 365 762 365 Q 769 366 772 374 Q 779 386 762 414 Q 750 441 692 461 L 652 475 Q 585 497 549 506 Q 542 507 543 499 Q 544 489 554 484 Q 585 468 623 446 L 655 427 Z", "M 541 275 Q 686 285 853 276 Q 872 276 878 284 Q 884 296 868 310 Q 814 353 754 339 Q 661 326 525 306 L 473 301 Q 319 286 141 270 Q 120 269 135 251 Q 148 236 167 231 Q 188 224 204 229 Q 310 254 430 265 L 541 275 Z", "M 525 306 Q 528 348 525 351 Q 503 370 485 381 Q 473 385 464 378 Q 458 374 465 364 Q 472 352 473 301 L 471 230 Q 470 214 470 195 Q 464 84 452 43 Q 440 10 473 -44 Q 483 -62 492 -66 Q 502 -67 508 -55 Q 521 -24 518 5 Q 518 221 522 257 L 525 306 Z", "M 430 265 Q 370 153 140 24 Q 121 12 137 9 Q 176 0 283 57 Q 382 132 395 143 Q 438 183 464 220 Q 467 226 471 230 C 502 274 459 316 430 265 Z", "M 522 257 Q 613 148 712 48 Q 734 24 774 22 Q 846 18 921 30 Q 940 31 941 37 Q 944 44 929 50 Q 727 126 631 198 Q 601 220 541 275 C 519 295 503 280 522 257 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.