桑 sāng mulberry tree

源How it came to be

A tree with three hands reaching into its crown. It is the one tree everybody picked by hand every year, because silkworms eat nothing else. The hands are the whole trade.

用用法

• The mulberry tree (桑树 sāngshù), whose leaves feed silkworms.
• 沧桑 (cāngsāng), from 沧海桑田 (seas turning to mulberry fields), evokes the vicissitudes of time: 饱经沧桑 (bǎojīng-cāngsāng) means weathered by life's hardships. Also 桑拿 (sāngná) = sauna (loanword).

字含“桑”的汉字

• 嗓 throat

词含“桑”的词语

• 桑拿sāngnásaunaHSK 9
• 沧桑cāngsānggreat changesHSK 9
• 饱经沧桑bǎojīng-cāngsānghaving lived through many changesHSK 9