sāng

(bound form) mulberry tree

surname Sang; old variant of 桑[sang1]

branching leaves (叒) + tree (木) = the mulberry tree

叒 is an ancient pictograph of intertwining branches, specifically associated with the mulberry tree in early scripts. Together with 木 (tree), the character grounds that leafy, branching image into the concrete mulberry tree, the cornerstone of silk production.

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他姓,是我们班的新同学。

tā xìng sāng,shì wǒ men bān de xīn tóng xué。

His surname is Sang; he is a new classmate in our class.

老师教我们语文已经三年了。

sāng lǎo shī jiāo wǒ men yǔ wén yǐ jīng sān nián le。

Teacher Sang has been teaching us Chinese for three years already.

Words with 桑

饱经沧桑

bǎo jīng cāng sāng

having lived through many changes

亚利桑纳州

yà lì sāng nà zhōu

state of Arizona

亚利桑那

yà lì sāng nà

Arizona

亚利桑那州

yà lì sāng nà zhōu

Arizona

南乔治亚岛和南桑威奇

nán qiáo zhì yà dǎo hé nán sāng wēi qí

South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands

卡桑德拉

kǎ sāng dé lā

Cassandra (given name)

吞米桑布札

tūn mǐ sāng bù zhá

Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script

哈桑

hā sāng

Hassan or Hasan (personal name or place name)

土桑

tǔ sāng

Tucson (city in Arizona)

坦桑尼亚

tǎn sāng ní yà

Tanzania

基桑加尼

jī sāng jiā ní

Kisangani (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

太阳照在桑干河上

tài yáng zhào zài sāng gān hé shàng

The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize

More characters with 叒