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嘗
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尝
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attempt

HSK 10
Human →Actions
cháng
ショウ、ジョウ
かつ.て、こころ.みる、な.める
상
Phonosemantic compound. 旨 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (嘗)
尚 esteem+ 旨 purpose =
嘗 attempt
尚 Phonetic component
shàng esteem
still, yet
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旨 Iconic component
zhǐ purpose
purpose, aim
Depicts a spoon (匕) going into the mouth (口). The original meaning of 旨 was "fine-tasting".
Simplified (尝)
尚 esteem+ 云 utter =
尝 taste
尚 Phonetic component
shàng esteem
still, yet
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云 Simplified component
yún utter
(classical) to say
Shorthand for the 旨 component in the traditional character 嘗.
Notes
Similar Characters
倘 if党 political party (jp)堂 main room尝 experience (simp)常 often当 work as (jp)徜 walking and fro惝 agitated掌 palm of the hand敞 spacious棠 crab apple tree淌 flow牚 to support當 work as (trad)绱 piece (simp)耥 farm tool裳 skirt賞 prize (trad/jp)赏 grant (simp)趟 trip
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
嘗
Regular
Modern
Chinese
尝 / 嘗 [cháng]
to taste; to try; to experience; already; ever; once
Japanese
嘗め 、 舐め 、 嘗 、 舐 なめ 同音

noun

  1. lick
  2. hanafuda usually kana bottom card of the draw pile
  3. archaic tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; medicine taster
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (13)
尝试 [cháng​shì] #1,383
to try
品尝 [pǐn​cháng] #7,385
to taste a small amount
未尝 [wèi​cháng] #29,932
not ever
何尝 [hé​cháng] #28,249
(rhetorical question) when?
卧薪尝胆 [wò​xīn​cháng​dǎn] #42,818
lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gōu​Jiàn]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)
饱尝 [bǎo​cháng] #46,719
to enjoy fully
孟尝君 [Mèng​cháng​jūn] #47,974
Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
浅尝 [qiǎn​cháng] #54,448
dilettante
备尝辛苦 [bèi​cháng​xīn​kǔ]
to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
尝尽心酸 [cháng​jìn​xīn​suān]
to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
3 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (23)
⭐ 舐める [なめる] #3,071
to lick
舐め回す [なめまわす] #20,253
to lick all over
舐め取る [なめとる] #21,571
to lick off
未だかつて [いまだかつて] #32,042
never (before)
嘗め [なめ] #39,930
lick
⭐ 嘗て [かつて] #46,010
once
舐め尽くす [なめつくす] #63,865
to lick (all) up
臥薪嘗胆 [がしんしょうたん] #81,329
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective
総なめ [そうなめ] #84,074
sweeping over (e.g. of a natural disaster)
苦汁をなめる [くじゅうをなめる] #90,218
to have a bitter experience
13 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
와신상담
taking an uncomfortable sleep on a heap of brushwood and tasting bitter gall bladder