Dong Chinese dictionary

cháng

taste

Phonosemantic compound. 旨 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound.

Components

尚 Sound component

shàng

esteem

旨 Iconic component

zhǐ

purpose

Depicts a spoon (匕) going into the mouth (口). The original meaning of 旨 was "fine-tasting".

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

cháng

taste; experience, experiment; to taste; to try; to experience; already; ever; once

Most common words with 嘗

Sources