懂中文 Dong Chinese

喪

sàng, sāng

mourning

To cry 哭 over the dead 亡

Components
土 iconic component

土  Iconic component

tǔ

  

earth

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

亡 iconic component

亡  Iconic component

wáng

  

death

Evolution

喪 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
喪 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
喪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
喪 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
喪 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

丧 (喪) 

sàng

mourning; mourn; funeral; to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged

丧 (喪) 

sāng

(old) corpse

Most common words with 喪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

沮丧

dispirited

丧失

to lose

丧

to die

丧生

to die

丧命

to lose one's life