Dong Chinese dictionary

sāng

mulberry tree

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

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

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

木 Iconic component

mù

tree

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sāng

mulberry tree; surname

Sāng

surname Sang

sāng

old variant of 桑[sāng]

Most common words with 桑

Component uses

Sound component in 7 characters (2 verified)

Sources