| 殇 | |||
| die young; national mourning | |||
| Radical | 歹歹𣦵𣦶 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 9 |
| Mandarin reading | shāng | Cantonese reading | soeng1 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 殤 | die young; national mourning | |
| 殇 | [ shāng ] to die in childhood, war dead |
| ⇒ 唐殇帝 | [ táng shāng dì ] Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂[Li3 Chong2 mao4] (c. 695-715), reigned 710 |
| ⇒ 国殇 | [ guó shāng ] (literary) person who dies for their country, martyr to the national cause |
| ⇒ 河殇 | [ hé shāng ] River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s |