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尚
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Translingual
Alternative forms
- 𫩠 (when used at the top of a character)
Han character
尚 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火月口 (FBR), four-corner 90227, composition ⿱⺌冋)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 297, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7493
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 563, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5C1A
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs): semantic 八 + phonetic 向 (OC *hljaŋs, *hlaŋs). Similar to 冋.
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C-rjaŋ (“uncle, superior”) (STEDT; cf. Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tVŋ (“, upper part, rise, raise, top, summit”)). Cognate with 丈 (OC *daŋʔ) "gentleman, older man, husband", Tibetan ཨ་ཞང (a zhang, “maternal uncle”), Burmese အရှင် (a.hrang, “master, lord”), etc.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): siông
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zaon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shàng
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shàng
- Wade–Giles: shang4
- Yale: shàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq
- Palladius: шан (šan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Jyutping: soeng6
- Yale: seuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: soeng6
- Guangdong Romanization: sêng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sœːŋ²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: siang5
- Sinological IPA (key): /siaŋ³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: song
- Hakka Romanization System: song
- Hagfa Pinyim: song4
- Sinological IPA: /soŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: shong˖
- Sinological IPA: /ʃoŋ³³/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: siông
- Sinological IPA (key): /suɔŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng
- Tâi-lô: siāng
- Phofsit Daibuun: siang
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōⁿ
- Tâi-lô: siōnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: svioi
- IPA (Tainan): /siɔ̃³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔ̃²²/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǔⁿ
- Tâi-lô: siǔnn
- IPA (Lukang): /siũ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
- Tâi-lô: sióng
- Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁵³/
Note:
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: siang6 / sion7 / siên7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siăng / siōⁿ / siēⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /siaŋ³⁵/, /sĩõ¹¹/, /sĩẽ¹¹/
- (Teochew)
- siang6 - literary;
- sion7/siên7 - vernacular (siên7 - Chaozhou).
Note:
- Middle Chinese: dzyangH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]aŋ-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*djaŋs/
Definitions
尚
- still; yet
- (literary, or in compounds) even
- to value; to esteem; to worship
- 尚武 ― shàngwǔ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (obsolete) to assist; to administer (for the emperor)
- prevailing custom
- (literary, or in compounds) noble; virtuous
- (obsolete) alternative form of 上 (“to exceed”)
- 今天下地醜德齊，莫能相尚。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Jīn tiānxià dìchǒudéqí, mò néng xiàng shàng. [Pinyin]
- Now throughout the kingdom, the territories of the princes are of equal extent, and in their achievements they are on a level. Not one of them is able to exceed the others.
今天下地丑德齐，莫能相尚。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- a surname, Shang
- 尚可喜 ― Shàng Kěxǐ ― Shang Kexi (Chinese general of the Ming and Qing Dynasties)
Synonyms
- (still):
- (even):
- 仍 (réng)
- 仍是 (réngshì)
- 仍然 (réngrán)
- 仍舊 / 仍旧 (réngjiù)
- 依然 (yīrán)
- 依舊 / 依旧 (yījiù)
- 兀自 (wùzì) (dialectal or archaic)
- 原徑 / 原径 (6gnioe-cin) (Wu)
- 嘛閣 / 嘛阁 (Hokkien)
- 尚且 (shàngqiě)
- 本本 (Hakka)
- 猶且 / 犹且 (yóuqiě) (literary)
- 猶是 / 犹是 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 猶然 / 犹然 (yóurán)
- 猶自 / 犹自 (yóuzì)
- 還 / 还 (hái)
- 還是 / 还是 (háishì)
- 都係 / 都系 (Cantonese)
- (to value):
- (noble):
Compounds
- 一息尚存 (yīxīshàngcún)
- 不尚
- 今文尚書 / 今文尚书
- 伏維尚饗 / 伏维尚飨
- 俗尚 (súshàng)
- 元尚篇
- 兵部尚書 / 兵部尚书
- 刑部尚書 / 刑部尚书
- 口尚乳臭
- 古文尚書 / 古文尚书
- 和尚 (héshàng)
- 和尚打傘 / 和尚打伞
- 嘉尚
- 坦尚尼亞 / 坦尚尼亚 (Tǎnshàngníyà)
- 堂頭和尚 / 堂头和尚
- 大和尚
- 好尚
- 尊年尚齒 / 尊年尚齿
- 尚且 (shàngqiě)
- 尚佳
- 尚友
- 尚可 (shàngkě)
- 尚古自
- 尚市 (Shàngshì)
- 尚志 (shàngzhì)
- 尚方
- 尚方寶劍 / 尚方宝剑 (shàngfāng bǎojiàn)
- 尚書 / 尚书 (shàngshū)
- 尚書令 / 尚书令 (shàngshūlìng)
- 尚書大傳 / 尚书大传
- 尚書省 / 尚书省
- 尚書郎 / 尚书郎 (shàngshūláng)
- 尚有可為 / 尚有可为
- 尚未 (shàngwèi)
- 尚武 (shàngwǔ)
- 尚比亞 / 尚比亚 (Shàngbǐyà)
- 尚然
- 尚猶 / 尚犹
- 尚衣
- 尚饗 / 尚飨 (shàngxiǎng)
- 尚齒 / 尚齿
- 山和尚 (shānhéshàng)
- 崇尚 (chóngshàng)
- 崇節尚儉 / 崇节尚俭
- 巴達赫尚 / 巴达赫尚 (Bādáhèshàng)
- 布袋和尚
- 弄性尚氣 / 弄性尚气
- 循尚
- 志尚
- 戶部尚書 / 户部尚书
- 時尚 / 时尚 (shíshàng)
- 法海和尚
- 由竇尚書 / 由窦尚书
- 當家和尚 / 当家和尚
- 疏財尚氣 / 疏财尚气
- 禮尚往來 / 礼尚往来 (lǐshàngwǎnglái)
- 禮部尚書 / 礼部尚书
- 節尚 / 节尚
- 紅杏尚書 / 红杏尚书
- 素尚
- 習尚 / 习尚 (xíshàng)
- 花和尚 (huāhéshàng)
- 衣錦尚絅 / 衣锦尚䌹
- 跳牆和尚 / 跳墙和尚
- 鄉黨尚齒 / 乡党尚齿
- 阿必尚
- 風尚 / 风尚 (fēngshàng)
- 高尚 (gāoshàng)
Descendants
- → Tangut: 𗊻 (*śjo²) (transliteration)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cháng
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cháng
- Wade–Giles: chʻang2
- Yale: cháng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charng
- Palladius: чан (čan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: dzyang
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*djaŋ/
Definitions
尚
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng / siāng
- Southern Min
Definitions
尚
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Japanese
| 尚 | |
| 尙 |
Kanji
尚
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 尙)
Readings
- Go-on: じょう (jō)←じやう (zyau, historical)
- Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)←しやう (syau, historical)
- Kun: くわえる (kuwaeru, 尚える)←くはへる (kufaferu, 尚へる, historical)、たかい (takai, 尚い)、たかめる (takameru, 尚める)、たっとぶ (tattobu, 尚ぶ)、とうとぶ (tōtobu, 尚ぶ)←たふとぶ (tafutobu, 尚ぶ, historical)、とうとい (tōtoi, 尚い)←たふとい (tafutoi, 尚い, historical)、なお (nao, 尚)←なほ (nafo, なほ, historical)、ねがう (negau, 尚う)←ねがふ (negafu, 尚ふ, historical)
- Nanori: さね (sane)、たか (taka)、たかし (takashi)、なか (naka)、なり (nari)、ひさ (hisa)、ひさし (hisashi)、まさ (masa)、まし (mashi)、ます (masu)、よし (yoshi)、より (yori)
Compounds
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 尚 (MC dzyangH).
Pronunciation
Affix
Proper noun
- a surname used by the Ryukyu royal family
- a male or female given name
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 尚 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 尚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a male or female given name
Etymology 3
Nominalization of classical adjective 高し (takashi), modern 高い (takai, “high”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a surname
- a male given name
Etymology 4
Nominalization of classical adjective 久し (hisashi), modern 久しい (hisashii, “long time”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a male or female given name
References
- “△尚”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
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Korean
Hanja
尚 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
尚: Hán Nôm readings: thượng, chuộng, sượng, thằng
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