桑 (Kangxi radical 75,木+6, 10 strokes,cangjie input水水水木 (EEED),four-corner1790₄,composition⿱叒木)

• 嗓,搡,槡,磉,褬,縔,䡦 (𬨑),鎟,䮣,㯩,顙 (颡)

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 526, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14772
• Dae Jaweon: page 914, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1209, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6851

Historical forms of the character桑
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Transcribed ancient scripts L09953
References: Mostly from Richard Sears'Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) of a mulberry tree. What were the shape of the tree's foliage is now叒

Unknown (Schuessler (2007)).

桑

1. mulberrytree
2. asurname

Borrowed fromJapaneseさん(-san). CompareMin Nan卡桑 (khà-sàng),多桑 (tò-sàng),歐巴桑／欧巴桑 (o͘-bá-sáng), and歐吉桑／欧吉桑 (o͘-jí-sáng).

桑

1. (Mandarin, ACG, Internetslang)-san

• 生 (shēng)

• 醬／酱 (jiàng, “-chan”),炭 (tàn, “-tan”),君 (jūn, “-kun”),樣／样 (yàng, “-sama”)

• “桑”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. mulberry

• Go-on:そう(sō,Jōyō)^{←さう(sau,historical)}
• Kan-on:そう(sō,Jōyō)^{←さう(sau,historical)}
• Kun:くわ(kuwa,桑,Jōyō)^{←くは(kufa,桑,historical)}
• Nanori:こ(ko)

/kupa/ →/kuɸa/ →/kuwa/

FromOld Japanese. First attested in theNihon Shoki of 720CE.^[1] FromProto-Japonic*kupa.

Ultimate derivation unclear. Definitely not related toKorean뽕(ppong,“mulberry tree”) or오디(odi,“mulberry fruit”), nor toAinuテㇱマニ(tesmani,“mulberry tree”) orツレㇷ゚ニ(turepni,“mulberry tree”).

Some theories suggest this might have originally been a compound. Possible derivations may include:

• A shift from蚕葉(kopa,“silkworm + leaf”)
• A shift from胡葉(kopa,“non-Chinese people to the west of China + leaf”), possibly referencing the origin of some mulberry species in central Asia
• A contraction of食ふ葉(kupu pa,“eat + leaf”), wherekupu is the ancient reading of modern食う(kuu)

• (Tokyo)くわ[kúꜜwà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟β̞a̠]

桑(くわ)or桑(クワ)• (kuwa) ^{←くは(kufa) orクハ(kufa)?}

1. mulberry

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is oftenspelled inkatakana, especially inbiological contexts (where katakana is customary), asクワ(kuwa).

This term can refer to the fruit or the tree. For greater specificity, the following may be used:

• 桑(くわ)の木(き)(kuwa no ki):mulberrytree
• 桑(くわ)の実(み)(kuwa no mi):mulberryfruit

• 桑白皮(そうはくひ)(sōhakuhi)

FromMiddle Chinese桑 (MC sang).

• IPA^(key): [so̞ː]

桑(そう)• (sō) ^{←さう(sau)?}

1. mulberry
2. (US)short for桑港(“San Francisco (acity inCalifornia,United States)”)

• “桑”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[3] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

FromMiddle Chinese桑 (MC sang).

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[sʰa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul:[상]

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

桑

桑 (eumhun뽕나무상(ppongnamu sang))

1. hanja form^? of상(“mulberry tree”)[affix]

桑:Hán Nôm readings:tang,dâu

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation, then remove the text{{rfdef}}.

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