桑
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(bound form) mulberry tree
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,133 U+6851
How 桑 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A tree 木 bearing berries 叒
How to remember it
mulberry tree · Heisig RSH #2751
crotch + 木 tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 桑 as their sound component
These characters all use 桑 (sāng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桑 sound component | sāng | mulberry tree; surname |
| 嗓 | sǎng | throat; voice |
| 搡 | sǎng | to push over; to push back |
| 颡 | sǎng | forehead; to kowtow |
| 磉 | sǎng | plinth, stone base |
Words containing 桑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亚利桑纳州 | Yà lì sāng nà zhōu | state of Arizona |
| 桑德尔福德 | Sāng dé ěr fú dé | Sandefjord (city in Vestfold, Norway) |
| 卡桑德拉 | Kǎ sāng dé lā | Cassandra (given name); Cassandra (character in Greek mythology) |
| 太阳照在桑干河上 | Tài yáng Zhào zài Sāng gān Hé shàng | "The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River", socialist realist novel by Ding Ling 丁玲[Ding1 Lin… |
| 基桑加尼 | Jī sāng jiā ní | Kisangani (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
| 桑日县 | Sāng rì Xiàn | Sangri, a county in Shannan City 山南市[Shan1 nan2 Shi4], Tibet |
| 桑德斯 | Sāng dé sī | (surname) Sanders |
| 桑托里尼岛 | Sāng tuō lǐ ní Dǎo | Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea) |
| 桑德拉 | Sāng dé lā | Sandra (name) |
| 亚利桑那州 | Yà lì sāng nà zhōu | Arizona |
| 桑地诺民族解放阵线 | Sāng dì nuò Mín zú Jiě fàng Zhèn xiàn | Sandinista National Liberation Front |
| 桑内斯 | Sāng nèi sī | Sandnes (city in Rogaland, Norway) |
| 南乔治亚岛和南桑威奇 | Nán Qiáo zhì yà dǎo hé Nán Sāng wēi qí | South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands |
| 亚利桑那 | Yà lì sāng nà | Arizona |
| 萨桑王朝 | Sà sāng Wáng cháo | Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD) |
| 莫桑比克 | Mò sāng bǐ kè | Mozambique |
| 纳撒尼尔·霍桑 | Nà sā ní ěr · Huò sāng | Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) American novelist and short story writer |
| 桑塔纳 | Sāng tǎ nà | Santana (name) |
| 桑海 | Sāng hǎi | Songhay people of Mali and the Sahara |
| 坦桑尼亚 | Tǎn sāng ní yà | Tanzania |