嘗

嘗 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火月口心日 (FBRPA), four-corner 9060₁, composition ⿱𫩠旨)

• 嚐, 鱨(鲿)

• 尝 (Simplified Chinese)
• 嚐, 甞 (Variant forms)

• KangXi: page 206, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4205
• Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1529, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5617

Historical forms of the character 嘗
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *djaŋ) : phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic 旨 (“will; intention”).

嘗

1. to taste; to try the flavour

   alt. forms: 嚐／尝

   來嘗嘗這個蛋糕吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   来尝尝这个蛋糕吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lái cháng cháng zhège dàngāo ba. [Pinyin]

   Come and have a taste of this cake.

   • 你且掇一瓶御酒過來，我先嘗一嘗滋味。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     你且掇一瓶御酒过来，我先尝一尝滋味。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE

     Nǐ qiě duō yī píng yùjiǔ guòlái, wǒ xiān cháng yī cháng zīwèi. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. to attempt; to try
3. to experience

   嘗到甜頭／尝到甜头  ―  cháng dào tiántóu  ―  to come to know the benefits

   嘗盡辛酸／尝尽辛酸  ―  cháng jìn xīnsuān  ―  to experience all kinds of hardship

4. (literary) ever; once

   何嘗／何尝  ―  hécháng  ―  ever so

   • 吾嘗終日而思矣，不如須臾之所學也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Wú cháng zhōngrì ér sī yǐ, bùrú xūyú zhī suǒ xué yě. [Pinyin]

     I have once engaged in thinking for the whole day, and it cannot compare with a moment of learning.

   • 王驩朝暮見，反齊滕之路，未嘗與之言行事也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     王欢朝暮见，反齐滕之路，未尝与之言行事也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wáng Huān zhāomù xiàn, fǎn Qí Téng zhī lù, wèicháng yǔ zhī yán xíngshì yě. [Pinyin]

     Wang Huan, morning and evening, waited upon Mencius, who, during all the way to Teng and back, never spoke to him about the business of their mission.

5. a surname

• (to taste):

• (to attempt):

• (to experience): 感受 (gǎnshòu)
• (ever):

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. once
2. before
3. formerly
4. ever
5. never
6. ex-
7. lick
8. lap up
9. burn up
10. taste
11. undergo
12. underrate
13. despise

• Go-on: じょう (jō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: なめる (nameru, 嘗める); こころみる (kokoromiru, 嘗みる); かつて (katsute, 嘗て)

嘗 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang)

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嘗: Hán Nôm readings: thường

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