| 殤 | |||
| die young; national mourning | |||
| Radical | 歹歹𣦵𣦶 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 11 | Total Strokes | 15 |
| Mandarin reading | shāng | Cantonese reading | soeng1 |
| Japanese on reading | shou | Japanese kun reading | wakajini |
| Korean reading | sang | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 殇 | ||
| 殤 | [ shāng ] to die in childhood, war dead |
| ⇒ 唐殤帝 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 國殤 | [ guó shāng ] (literary) person who dies for their country, martyr to the national cause |
| ⇒ 河殤 | [ hé shāng ] River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s |