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桑
桑
See also: 桒
Translingual
Han character
桑 (radical 75 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水水水木 (EEED), four-corner 17904, composition ⿱叒木)
References
- KangXi: page 526, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14772
- Dae Jaweon: page 914, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1209, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6851
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
桑 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 桑
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|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (桑) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 桒 | *sŋaːŋ |
| 桑 | *sŋaːŋ |
| 磉 | *sŋaːŋʔ |
| 顙 | *sŋaːŋʔ |
| 嗓 | *sŋaːŋʔ |
| 搡 | *sŋaːŋʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄤ
- Wade-Giles: sang1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sang
- IPA (key): /sɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: song1
- Yale: sōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: song1
- IPA (key): /sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 桑 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /sɑŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /saŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /sɑŋ²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /saŋ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /saŋ²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /saŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /saŋ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /sɔ̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /sɑŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /sɑ̃³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /sɑŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /saŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /saŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /saŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /sã̠⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /saŋ³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /sɑ̃²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /sɒ̃¹¹/ |
| Pingyao |
/sɑŋ¹³/ /ɕyə¹³/ |
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| Hohhot | /sɑ̃³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /sɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /sɑ̃⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /sɑŋ³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /suɔ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /so³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /sau¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /san³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /sɔn³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /sɔŋ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /soŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /soŋ²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sɔŋ⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /ɬɔŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /sɔŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/sɔŋ⁵⁵/ /sŋ̍⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /souŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /sɔŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /sɯŋ³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /saŋ²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 桑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 息郎切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/sɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/sɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/sɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/saŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/sɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/sɑŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/sɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
sāng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 桑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
sāng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ sang › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[s]ˤaŋ/ |
| English | mulberry tree |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 桑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10980 |
| Phonetic component |
桑 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
桑 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sŋaːŋ/ |
Etymology 1
Definitions
桑
Etymology 2
From Japanese さん (-san). Compare Min Nan 卡桑 (khà-sàng), 多桑 (tò-sàng), 歐巴桑／欧巴桑 (o͘-bá-sáng), and 歐吉桑／欧吉桑 (o͘-jí-sáng).
Definitions
桑
Related terms
Korean
Hanja
桑 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune-Reischauer sang, Yale sang)
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