尚 shàng esteem

源How it came to be

Two strokes dividing over a window in a wall: light coming in and spreading out. The old dictionary reads it as what is raised up and looked towards.

用How it is used

• Two jobs. As an adverb (formal/written) = 'still, yet': 尚未完成 (shàng wèi wánchéng) not yet finished, 尚且 (shàngqiě) even.
• As a morpheme = 'to esteem/value': 崇尚 (chóngshàng) advocate, 时尚 (shíshàng) fashion, 高尚 (gāoshàng) noble.
• 和尚 (héshang) = a Buddhist monk (fixed word). 礼尚往来 (lǐshàng-wǎnglái) = courtesy calls for reciprocity.

字Characters built with 尚

• 躺 lie down
• 趟 measure word for trips
• 倘 if
• 敞 wide
• 淌 to trickle down

词Words with 尚

• 时尚shíshàngfashionHSK 6
• 高尚gāoshàngnobleHSK 6
• 和尚héshangBuddhist monkHSK 8
• 尚且shàngqiěevenHSK 8
• 尚未shàngwèinot yetHSK 8
• 崇尚chóngshàngto hold up (as an model)HSK 8
• 礼尚往来lǐshàngwǎngláiliterally proper behavior is based on reciprocityHSK 9
• 风尚fēngshàngcurrent customHSK 9