桑

sāng
#1,526 most
frequent character
(bound form) mulberry tree

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

桑 shows 木 a tree with 叒, an empty part that once pictured leaves. It first meant a tree whose leaves silkworms eat. The sense then became the mulberry tree itself.

Drawn as: tree; leaves

桑 as a component in other characters

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Same Characters, Different Readings

桑Sang1
surname Sang
桑sāng
old variant of 桑[sang1]

Homophones

丧sāng
mourning, funeral, (old) corpse

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