shāng

die young

Components

Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

death

Sound component
yáng bright

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghljaŋ

說文解字

不成人也。人年十九至十六死,爲長殤;十五至十二死,爲中殤;十一至八歲死,爲下殤。从歺,傷省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

shāng die young Simplified

Components

Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

death

Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode