sāng

mulberry tree

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

Components
◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

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

木 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

tree

Evolution

桑 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
桑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

sāng

mulberry tree; surname

 

Sāng

surname Sang

() 

sāng

old variant of [sāng]

Most common words with 桑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

mulberry tree

沧桑

great changes

桑拿

sauna (loanword)

桑塔纳

Santana (name)

桑德拉

Sandra (name)

Component uses

Sound component in 7 characters (2 verified)