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CHINESE CHARACTER

殇 (shāng): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

shāng
to die young; national mourning
HSK —9 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

歹 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 殇.

Phonetic component

昜 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 9

Write 殇 in 9 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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FAQ

What does 殇 (shāng) mean in Chinese?

to die young; national mourning

How do you write 殇 in stroke order?

殇 has 9 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 殇?

歹 is the radical in 殇. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 殇?

This character does not yet have linked HSK word entries in the study archive.