嘗
See also: 嚐, 甞, and 尝
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Translingual
Han character
嘗 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火月口心日 (FBRPA), four-corner 90601, composition ⿱𫩠旨)
Derived characters
- 嚐, 鱨(鲿)
Related characters
- 尝 (Simplified Chinese)
- 嚐, 甞 (Variant forms)
References
- KangXi: page 206, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4205
- Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1529, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5617
Chinese
| trad. | 嘗/嚐 | |
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| simp. | 尝 | |
| alternative forms | 甞 | |
| 嚐: “to taste; to experience” | ||
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 嘗 | |||
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| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
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| 當 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 襠 | *taːŋ |
| 鐺 | *taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ |
| 簹 | *taːŋ |
| 璫 | *taːŋ |
| 檔 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 儅 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 蟷 | *taːŋ |
| 擋 | *taːŋʔ, *taːŋs |
| 黨 | *taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 讜 | *taːŋʔ |
| 欓 | *taːŋʔ |
| 譡 | *taːŋs |
| 闣 | *taːŋs |
| 瓽 | *taːŋs |
| 鏜 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 闛 | *tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ |
| 鼞 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 曭 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 儻 | *tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs |
| 戃 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 矘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 爣 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 攩 | *hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs |
| 淌 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 倘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 躺 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 趟 | *tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs |
| 堂 | *daːŋ |
| 坣 | *daːŋ |
| 棠 | *daːŋ |
| 糛 | *daːŋ |
| 螳 | *daːŋ |
| 隚 | *daːŋ |
| 橖 | *daːŋ |
| 掌 | *tjaŋʔ |
| 廠 | *tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs |
| 敞 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 僘 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 氅 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 常 | *djaŋ |
| 嘗 | *djaŋ |
| 裳 | *djaŋ |
| 徜 | *djaŋ |
| 尚 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 甞 | *djaŋ |
| 鋿 | *djaŋ |
| 嫦 | *djaŋ |
| 償 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 賞 | *hjaŋʔ |
| 瞠 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 撐 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 樘 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 橕 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 牚 | *rtʰaːŋs |
| 埫 | *tʰoŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djaŋ) : phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic 旨 (“will; intention”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
嘗
- to taste; to try the flavour
- alt. forms: 嚐／尝
- 來嘗嘗這個蛋糕吧。 [MSC, trad.]
- Lái cháng cháng zhège dàngāo ba. [Pinyin]
- Come and have a taste of this cake.
来尝尝这个蛋糕吧。 [MSC, simp.]
- 你且掇一瓶御酒過來，我先嘗一嘗滋味。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14th century CE
- Nǐ qiě duō yī píng yùjiǔ guòlái, wǒ xiān cháng yī cháng zīwèi. [Pinyin]
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你且掇一瓶御酒过来，我先尝一尝滋味。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
- to attempt; to try
- to experience
- 嘗到甜頭／尝到甜头 ― cháng dào tiántóu ― to come to know the benefits
- 嘗盡辛酸／尝尽辛酸 ― cháng jìn xīnsuān ― to experience all kinds of hardship
- (literary) ever; once
- 何嘗／何尝 ― hécháng ― ever so
- 吾嘗終日而思矣，不如須臾之所學也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
- Wú cháng zhōngrì ér sī yǐ, bùrú xūyú zhī suǒ xué yě. [Pinyin]
- I have once engaged in thinking for the whole day, and it cannot compare with a moment of learning.
吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 王驩朝暮見，反齊滕之路，未嘗與之言行事也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Wáng Huān zhāomù xiàn, fǎn Qí Téng zhī lù, wèicháng yǔ zhī yán xíngshì yě. [Pinyin]
- Wang Huan, morning and evening, waited upon Mencius, who, during all the way to Teng and back, never spoke to him about the business of their mission.
王欢朝暮见，反齐滕之路，未尝与之言行事也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- a surname
Synonyms
- (to taste):
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Dialectal synonyms of 嘗 (“to taste”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嘗 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 嘗 |
| Taiwan | 嘗 | |
| Jinan | 嘗 | |
| Xi'an | 嘗 | |
| Wuhan | 嘗 | |
| Chengdu | 嘗 | |
| Yangzhou | 嘗 | |
| Hefei | 嘗 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 試 |
| Hong Kong | 試 | |
| Yangjiang | 試, 嘗 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嘗 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 嘗 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 嘗 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 嘗 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 嘗, 咂, 試 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 試, 啖 |
| Chaozhou | 試, 嘗 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 嘗 |
| Wenzhou | 嘗 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 試 |
| Shuangfeng | 試, 嘗 | |
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- (to experience): 感受 (gǎnshòu)
- (ever):
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Synonyms of 嘗
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
嘗
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- once
- before
- formerly
- ever
- never
- ex-
- lick
- lap up
- burn up
- taste
- undergo
- underrate
- despise
Readings
- Go-on: じょう (jō)
- Kan-on: しょう (shō)
- Kun: なめる (nameru, 嘗める); こころみる (kokoromiru, 嘗みる); かつて (katsute, 嘗て)
Korean
Hanja
嘗 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嘗: Hán Nôm readings: thường
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