Depicts multiple mouths (吅) wailing to mourn the death (亡) of someone. 桑 and 亡 represent the sound.
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Historical Evolution
喪
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
喪
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
喪
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
喪
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
喪
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
喪
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
喪
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
喪
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
喪
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
喪
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
喪
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
喪
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
喪
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
丧 / 喪 [sāng]
mourning; funeral; (old) corpse
丧 / 喪 [sàng]
to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged
Japanese
noun
- mourning
- calamity; misfortune
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (71)
沮丧 [jǔsàng] #2,795
dispirited
丧失 [sàngshī] #4,963
to lose
丧生 [sàngshēng] #8,298
to die
丧命 [sàngmìng] #6,830
to lose one's life
丧气 [sàngqì] #12,159
to feel disheartened
丧事 [sāngshì] #30,230
funeral arrangements
丧心病狂 [sàngxīnbìngkuáng] #24,748
deranged
丧葬 [sāngzàng] #26,164
funeral
丧礼 [sānglǐ] #23,686
funeral
垂头丧气 [chuítóusàngqì] #28,785
hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected
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JAPANESE WORDS (43)
⭐ 失う [うしなう] #383
to lose
⭐ 喪失 [そうしつ] #9,782
loss
記憶喪失 [きおくそうしつ] #15,132
loss of memory
喪失感 [そうしつかん] #17,317
sense of loss
⭐ 喪服 [もふく] #25,133
mourning clothes
戦意喪失 [せんいそうしつ] #42,972
loss of fighting spirit
喪に服す [もにふくす] #48,214
to go into mourning
付喪神 [つくもがみ] #57,343
artifact spirit
心神喪失 [しんしんそうしつ] #57,915
of unsound mind
⭐ 喪主 [もしゅ] #58,734
chief mourner
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