桑
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Translingual
Han character
桑 (radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水水水木 (EEED), four-corner 17904, composition ⿱叒木)
References
- KangXi: page 526, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14772
- Dae Jaweon: page 914, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1209, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6851
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
桑 | |
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variant forms | 桒 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 桑 | ||
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Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (桑) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
桒 | *sŋaːŋ |
桑 | *sŋaːŋ |
磉 | *sŋaːŋʔ |
顙 | *sŋaːŋʔ |
嗓 | *sŋaːŋʔ |
搡 | *sŋaːŋʔ |
Pronunciation
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Japanese さん (-san). Compare Min Nan 卡桑 (khà-sàng), 多桑 (tò-sàng), 歐巴桑/欧巴桑 (o͘-bá-sáng), and 歐吉桑/欧吉桑 (o͘-jí-sáng).
Compounds
Japanese

Readings
- Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)←さう (sau, historical)
- Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)←さう (sau, historical)
- Kun: くわ (kuwa, 桑, Jōyō)←くは (kufa, historical)
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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桑 |
くわ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
/kupa/ → /kuɸa/ → /kuwa/
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]
Ultimate derivation unclear. Definitely not related to Korean 뽕 (ppong, “mulberry tree”) or 오디 (odi, “mulberry fruit”), nor to Ainu テㇱマニ (tesmani, “mulberry tree”) or ツレㇷ゚ニ (turepni, “mulberry tree”).
Some theories suggest this might have originally been a compound. Possible derivations may include:
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as クワ.
This term can refer to the fruit or the tree. For greater specificity, the following may be used: