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Translingual
Han character
嘗 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火月口心日 (FBRPA), four-corner 90601, composition ⿱𫩠旨)
Derived characters
Related characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 206, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4205
- Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1529, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5617
Chinese
| trad.
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嘗/嚐
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| simp.
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尝
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| alternative forms
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甞
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| 嚐: “to taste; to experience”
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Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 當
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*taːŋ, *taːŋs
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| 襠
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*taːŋ
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| 鐺
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*taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
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| 簹
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*taːŋ
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| 璫
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*taːŋ
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| 檔
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*taːŋ, *taːŋs
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| 儅
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*taːŋ, *taːŋs
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| 蟷
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*taːŋ
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| 擋
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*taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
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| 黨
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*taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
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| 讜
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*taːŋʔ
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| 欓
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*taːŋʔ
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| 譡
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*taːŋs
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| 闣
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*taːŋs
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| 瓽
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*taːŋs
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| 鏜
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*tʰaːŋ
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| 闛
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*tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
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| 鼞
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*tʰaːŋ
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| 曭
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*tʰaːŋʔ
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| 儻
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*tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
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| 戃
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*tʰaːŋʔ
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| 矘
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*tʰaːŋʔ
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| 爣
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*tʰaːŋʔ
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| 攩
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*hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
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| 淌
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*tʰaːŋʔ
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| 倘
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*tʰaːŋʔ
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| 躺
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*tʰaːŋʔ
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| 趟
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*tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
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| 堂
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*daːŋ
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| 坣
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*daːŋ
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| 棠
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*daːŋ
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| 糛
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*daːŋ
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| 螳
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*daːŋ
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| 隚
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*daːŋ
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| 橖
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*daːŋ
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| 掌
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*tjaŋʔ
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| 廠
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*tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
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| 敞
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*tʰjaŋʔ
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| 僘
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*tʰjaŋʔ
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| 氅
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*tʰjaŋʔ
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| 常
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*djaŋ
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| 嘗
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*djaŋ
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| 裳
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*djaŋ
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| 徜
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*djaŋ
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| 尚
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*djaŋ, *djaŋs
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| 甞
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*djaŋ
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| 鋿
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*djaŋ
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| 嫦
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*djaŋ
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| 償
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*djaŋ, *djaŋs
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| 賞
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*hjaŋʔ
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| 瞠
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*rtʰaːŋ
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| 撐
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*rtʰaːŋ
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| 樘
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*rtʰaːŋ
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| 橕
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*rtʰaːŋ
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| 牚
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*rtʰaːŋs
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| 埫
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*tʰoŋʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djaŋ) : phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic 旨 (“will; intention”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- siông/siâng - literary;
- chn̂g - vernacular;
- sióng/siáng - vernacular (俗).
Note:
- sion5/siên5 - vernacular (siên5 - Chaozhou, Chenghai);
- siang5 - literary.
Note: (Suzhounese) 2zan - colloquial.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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嘗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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cháng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzyang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*Cə.daŋ/
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| English
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taste (v.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嘗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11153
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Phonetic
component
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尚
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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常
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Old
Chinese
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/*djaŋ/
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| Notes
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同甞
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Definitions
嘗
- to taste; to try the flavour
- alt. forms: 嚐／尝 (cháng)
來嘗嘗這個蛋糕吧。 [MSC, trad.]
来尝尝这个蛋糕吧。 [MSC, simp.]- Lái cháng cháng zhège dàngāo ba.
- Come and have a taste of this cake.
- to attempt; to try
- to experience
- 嘗到甜頭／尝到甜头 ― cháng dào tiántóu ― to come to know the benefits
- 嘗盡辛酸／尝尽辛酸 ― cháng jìn xīnsuān ― to experience all kinds of hardship
- (literary) ever; once
- 何嘗／何尝 ― hécháng ― ever so
吾嘗終日而思矣，不如須臾之所學也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
- Wú cháng zhōngrì ér sī yǐ, bùrú xūyú zhī suǒ xué yě.
- I have once engaged in thinking for the whole day, and it cannot compare with a moment of learning.
王驩朝暮見，反齊滕之路，未嘗與之言行事也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
王欢朝暮见，反齐滕之路，未尝与之言行事也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Wáng Huān zhāomù xiàn, fǎn Qí Téng zhī lù, wèicháng yǔ zhī yán xíngshì yě.
- Wang Huan, morning and evening, waited upon Mencius, who, during all the way to Teng and back, never spoke to him about the business of their mission.
- a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
嘗 (“to taste”)
- (to experience): 感受 (gǎnshòu)
- (ever):
- 上早 (Hakka)
- 以前 (yǐqián)
- 先前 (xiānqián)
- 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
- 其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
- 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
- 原在 (Hakka)
- 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
- 向來／向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
- 在前 (zàiqián)
- 家先 (Hakka)
- 往擺／往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 往擺仔／往摆仔 (Hokkien)
- 往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
- 往過／往过 (Hokkien)
- 往過仔／往过仔 (Hokkien)
- 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
- 早先 (zǎoxiān)
- 早年所 (Hokkien)
- 早時／早时 (Hokkien)
- 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
- 昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
- 曾
- 曾經／曾经 (céngjīng)
- 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
- 舊擺／旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
- 舊早／旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
- 過前／过前 (Hainanese)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嘗
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- once
- before
- formerly
- ever
- never
- ex-
- lick
- lap up
- burn up
- taste
- undergo
- underrate
- despise
Readings
Korean
Hanja
嘗 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嘗: Hán Nôm readings: thường
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