• 1402nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 41 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph availableNo glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sāng (sang1)to make funeral arrangements • to be in mourning • corpse (old)
2. sàng (sang4)to lose • to flee • to be defeated • to die

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

丧失 (喪失)
沮丧 (沮喪)

Medium Frequency

哭丧 (哭喪)
 ()
丧事 (喪事)
丧偶 (喪偶)
丧命 (喪命)
丧尸 (喪屍)
丧心病狂 (喪心病狂)
丧志 (喪志)
丧权辱国 (喪權辱國)
丧气 (喪氣)
丧生 (喪生)
丧尽天良 (喪盡天良)
丧礼 (喪禮)
丧钟 (喪鐘)
垂头丧气 (垂頭喪氣)
奔丧 (奔喪)
懊丧 (懊喪)
沦丧 (淪喪)
灰心丧气 (灰心喪氣)
闻风丧胆 (聞風喪膽)
颓丧 (頹喪)
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  • 1515th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 165 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shī (shi1)person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) • to put a corpse on display (after execution) • variant of 屍 • corpse
2. shī (shi1)corpse

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shī (shi1)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for shī (shi1)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

僵尸 (僵屍)

Medium Frequency

丧尸 (喪屍)
尸体 (屍體)
死尸 (死屍)
行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)
诈尸 (詐屍)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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