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殤
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殇
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die

HSK 10
Human →Relations
shāng
ショウ
わかじに
상
Components
歹 malicious+ 昜 out =
殤 die
歹 Meaning component
dǎi malicious
bad, vicious, depraved, wicked
death
昜 Phonetic component
yáng out
to open out, to expand
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Notes
Similar Characters
殇 young (simp)列 line up死 death歼 wipe (simp)殁 die (simp)殂 to die殃 calamity殄 end殆 perilous殉 die for cause殊 dissimilar残 incomplete (jp)殍 to starve to death殒 perish (simp)殓 dress corpse for burial (simp)殖 breed殗 repeated殘 incomplete (trad)殚 entirely (simp)殛 to put to
Historical Evolution
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)
殇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
殇 / 殤 [shāng]
to die in childhood; war dead
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
唐殇帝 [Táng​Shāng​dì]
Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂[Lǐ​Chóng​mào] (c. 695-715), reigned 710
河殇 [Hé​shāng]
River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s