嘗

嘗 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火月口心日 (FBRPA), four-corner 9060₁, composition ⿱𫩠旨)

• 嚐, 鱨(鲿)

• 尝 (Simplified Chinese)
• 嚐, 甞 (Variant forms)

• 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

Historical forms of the character 嘗
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djaŋ) : phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic 旨 (“will; intention”).

嘗

1. 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.

   • 你且掇一瓶御酒過來，我先嘗一嘗滋味。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     你且掇一瓶御酒过来，我先尝一尝滋味。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE

     Nǐ qiě duō yī píng yùjiǔ guòlái, wǒ xiān cháng yī cháng zīwèi.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to attempt; to try
3. 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

4. (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. 3^rd 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. 4^th 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.

5. a surname

• (to taste):

• (to attempt):

• (to experience): 感受 (gǎnshòu)
• (ever):

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. once
2. before
3. formerly
4. ever
5. never
6. ex-
7. lick
8. lap up
9. burn up
10. taste
11. undergo
12. underrate
13. despise

• Go-on: じょう (jō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: なめる (nameru, 嘗める)、こころみる (kokoromiru, 嘗みる)、かつて (katsute, 嘗て)、にえ (nie, 嘗)^{←にへ (nife, 嘗, historical)}

嘗 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang)

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嘗: Hán Nôm readings: thường

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