shàng
esteem
Original meaning:
high place
Depicts a large room. Based on the original meaning "high place". The meaning later shifted to "esteem".
Components
八 Distinguishing component
bā
eight
口 Distinguishing component
kǒu
mouth
Evolution
![尚 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC) 尚 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%B0%9A_0.png)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)![尚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 尚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%B0%9A_5.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![尚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 尚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%B0%9A_9.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]aŋ-s | dzyangH | shàng | upwards |
*[d]aŋ-s | dzyangH | shàng | still, yet |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 17.7158% of movies
1342nd most common character in movies
878th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+5C1A |
Shuowen | “尚,曾也,庶幾也。从八,向聲。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.81-82
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