mourning, funeral
English · mourning, funeral
mourning, funeral
- 办丧事bàn sāngshìto handle funeral arrangements
- 丧失sàngshīto lose, to forfeit (using tone 4 variant)
Topology: Top-bottom · Strokes: 12 strokes
Writing Balance Rule: Keep the top components compact and let the bottom part spread out stably like a wide base.
Simplification Logic: The traditional form 喪 was streamlined in modern simplified Chinese to 丧, reducing complex internal strokes while preserving the overall silhouette.
Radical 歹 · Death / Bone Radical (death, decay, misfortune)
Semantic Clue (形旁): 歹 (indicates death and mourning)
Composed of a dead body symbol (歹), a mouth or crying element, and falling pieces representing a funeral procession.
- 歹 death or decay
- 哭 components crying or weeping over loss
Origin: Originally depicted a person mourning with weeping elements over a perished body (歹), signifying grief and funeral rites.
Semantic Evolution: From physical funeral rites and dead bodies to general mourning, and extended to losing or forfeiting things in modern compounds.
- In ancient times, attending a 丧 was bound by strict ritual obligations and mourning garments.
At a funeral (sāng), you stand by the death radical (歹) with a heavy heart, crying high and flat like Tone 1.
sāngConfusing the tone 1 (sāng, mourning/funeral) with tone 4 (sàng, as in 丧气 depressed or 丧失 to lose).
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