Chinese Word: 桑 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

桑HSK 6

Pinyin: sāng

English Definition: mulberry tree

Chinese Definition:
①落叶灌木，叶子可以喂蚕，果穗味甜可食，木材可制家具或农具，皮可造纸，叶、果均可入药。中国大部分地区都有种植：桑葚。桑农。桑梓(喻乡里，故乡)。沧海桑田(形容世事变迁很大)。桑榆暮景。
②姓氏。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 木

Ideographic:A tree 木 bearing berries 叒

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 叒 [ ruò ] obedient; united
- 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden

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沧桑	cāng sāng	great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 沧海桑田
桑拿	sāng ná	sauna (loanword)
桑蚕	sāng cán	silkworm
沧海桑田	cāng hǎi sāng tián	lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world
饱经沧桑HSK 6	bǎo jīng cāng sāng	having lived through many changes