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Kanji Detail for 殤 - "die young"
殤
- Meaning
殤 means "die young."
Die young - To die before the age of twenty.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
dying at a young age
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
die young; national mourning
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to die in childhood; war dead
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to die young; national mourning
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Death of one who has not reached adulthood. Dying between ages 16-19 is called "senior death" (長殤); dying between 12-15 is "middle death" (中殤); dying between 8-11 is "junior death" (下殤); below age 7 is "death without mourning rites" (無服之殤). Not yet three months after birth is not counted as 殤. See Commentary on the Record of Rites.
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