丧
sàngsāng HSK6

mourning

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approved by Prismcool · Jan 8, 2025, 08:17 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jan 8, 2025, 08:17 AM

吅

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

Depicts multiple mouths 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