桑

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mulberry tree

HSK 7 N1

Nature →Plants →Trees

sāng

ソウ

くわ

상

Depicts the leaves of a mulberry tree (木). The leaves from a mulberry tree were the food silkworms would eat.

Components

◎ characterless component+ 木 tree =

桑 mulberry tree

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts the leaves from the mulberry trees. Modern form looks like unrelated 叒.

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

桑

Regular

Modern

Chinese

桑 [Sāng]

surname Sang

桑 [sāng]

mulberry tree

Japanese

桑くわ、クワ同音

noun mulberry (tree)

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

桑くわ

Kuwa surname

桑くわさき

Kuwasaki surname

桑くわざき

Kuwazaki surname

桑くわつる

Kuwatsuru surname

CHINESE WORDS (93)

沧桑 [cāngsāng] #31,228

great changes

沧桑 [cāngsāng] #31,228

great changes

桑拿 [sāngná] #12,550

sauna (loanword)

桑塔纳 [Sāngtǎnà] #62,505

Santana (name)

桑塔纳 [Sāngtǎnà] #62,505

Santana (name)

桑德拉 [Sāngdélā] #9,793

Sandra (name)

亚利桑那州 [Yàlìsāngnàzhōu] #11,457

Arizona

亚利桑那州 [Yàlìsāngnàzhōu] #11,457

Arizona

亚利桑那 [Yàlìsāngnà] #12,180

Arizona

亚利桑那 [Yàlìsāngnà] #12,180

Arizona

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JAPANESE WORDS (36)

divine tree or island east of China

Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa)

桑原桑原 [くわばらくわばら] #150,191

knock on wood

針桑 [はりぐわ] #157,581

storehousebush (Cudrania tricuspidata)

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