Memory phrase for the Kanji: 丧

丧

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Meaning mourn, mourning, funeral

Pronunciation

sāng, sàng

Explanation

Top: two bodies 丷 in the earth 土 (cf. gold 金), bottom: clothes 衣

Mnemonic
 
When the two bodies come into the earth, you wear these clothes: to mourn at the funeral.

Radicals

丷 coming out
土 earth, ground
衣 clothes
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 Vocabulary

 丧失  sàng shī  to lose; to forfeit
 哭丧着脸  kū sang zhe liǎn  sullen; to scowl miserably
 道德沦丧  dào dé lún sàng  moral bankruptcy; moral degeneracy
 沮丧  jǔ sàng  dispirited; dejected; dismayed
 懊丧  ào sàng  dejected; despondent; depressed
 懊丧  ào sàng  

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