丧(sàng)

HSK 68 strokesTrad. 喪
Readingssàngsāng

mourning

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Character information

Pinyin
sàng / sāng
Meaning
mourning; funeral; (old) corpse
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
喪

Origin & structure

Where 丧 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿱？亡

Simplified form of 喪; to cry 哭 over the dead 亡

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

亡wáng

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 喪: To cry 哭 over the dead 亡

How to write 丧 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 丧

Common words using 丧 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

sàng丧shī失
HSK 6

to lose

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sàng丧shēng生
HSK 7-9

to die

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chuí垂tóu头sàng丧qì气
HSK 7-9

hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected

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jǔ沮sàng丧
HSK 7-9

dispirited

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xiōng凶sàng丧

funeral arrangements

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chū出sàng丧

to hold a funeral procession

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kū哭sāng丧

to wail at a funeral; formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the depart…

Open 哭丧 page →
kū哭sāng丧zhe着liǎn脸

to pull a long face

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失生垂头气沮凶出

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