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Kanji Detail for 桑 - "mulberry, silk tree"
桑
- Meaning
桑 means "mulberry, silk tree."
Mulberry - A deciduous tree whose leaves feed silkworms.
Sericulture - Related to silk production.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
mulberry
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
mulberry tree; surname
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Sang
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
mulberry tree; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A tree name. Leaves can feed silkworms. Those planted in the old Huzhou Prefecture area of Zhejiang are excellent, with low spreading branches and large fleshy leaves, called 湖桑. Mulberries planted in farmland everywhere mostly come from this variety. Common wild ones have tall trunks and small leaves. The wood can make farm tools and implements. The bark can make paper. The fruit is called 葚, purple-black and edible when ripe. "Book of Odes" has a poem "Sanzhong" in the Zheng Feng section, criticizing elopement. Hence illicit affairs are called 桑中之約 (meeting at Sanzhong), also 桑濮. 濮 refers to the Pu River. The licentious music composed by Shi Yan for King Zhou was obtained by Shi Juan at the Pu River. The so-called music of Zheng and Wei are all licentious sounds. | 桑梓 (mulberry and catalpa): Refers to hometown. Based on "Book of Odes": "Only the mulberry and catalpa, one must respectfully stop." Meaning trees planted by one's father. | 桑榆 (mulberry and elm): Refers to where the sun sets near the horizon. Such as 失之東隅收之桑榆 (what is lost at sunrise can be regained at sunset). From "Book of Later Han, Biography of Feng Yi." Meaning early mistakes can be corrected later. Now old age is called 桑榆暮景 (evening scene at mulberry and elm).
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