尚

See also: 尙

Translingual

Han character

尚 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火月口 (FBR), four-corner 9022₇, composition ⿱⺌冋)

Derived characters

• 黨 党 堂 常 掌 棠 甞 當 裳 嘗 賞

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 297, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7493
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 563, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5C1A

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Chinese

trad.		尚/尙
simp.		尚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 尚
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

Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
當	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
襠	*taːŋ
鐺	*taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
簹	*taːŋ
璫	*taːŋ
檔	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
儅	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
蟷	*taːŋ
擋	*taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
黨	*taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
讜	*taːŋʔ
欓	*taːŋʔ
譡	*taːŋs
闣	*taːŋs
瓽	*taːŋs
鏜	*tʰaːŋ
闛	*tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
鼞	*tʰaːŋ
曭	*tʰaːŋʔ
儻	*tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
戃	*tʰaːŋʔ
矘	*tʰaːŋʔ
爣	*tʰaːŋʔ
攩	*hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌	*tʰaːŋʔ
倘	*tʰaːŋʔ
躺	*tʰaːŋʔ
趟	*tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂	*daːŋ
坣	*daːŋ
棠	*daːŋ
糛	*daːŋ
螳	*daːŋ
隚	*daːŋ
橖	*daːŋ
掌	*tjaŋʔ
廠	*tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
敞	*tʰjaŋʔ
僘	*tʰjaŋʔ
氅	*tʰjaŋʔ
常	*djaŋ
嘗	*djaŋ
裳	*djaŋ
徜	*djaŋ
尚	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
甞	*djaŋ
鋿	*djaŋ
嫦	*djaŋ
償	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
賞	*hjaŋʔ
瞠	*rtʰaːŋ
撐	*rtʰaːŋ
樘	*rtʰaːŋ
橕	*rtʰaːŋ
牚	*rtʰaːŋs
埫	*tʰoŋʔ

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 尚

1. still; yet

   不良反應：尚不明確。 [MSC, trad.]
   不良反应：尚不明确。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bùliángfǎnyìng: shàng bù míngquè. [Pinyin]

   Adverse reactions: still unclear.

2. even
3. fairly; rather
4. to revere; to worship
5. to hold in high esteem; to pay attention to; to admire
6. to assist; to administer (for the emperor)
7. noble; virtuous
8. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 還 (“still; yet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		猶, 尚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		還, 仍, 尚
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	還
	Taiwan	還
	Malaysia	還
	Singapore	還
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	還
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	還
	Xi'an	還
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	還
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	還
	Wuhan	還
	Guilin	還
	Liuzhou	還
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	還
	Yangzhou	還
	Nantong	還
	Hefei	還
Cantonese	Guangzhou	重
	Hong Kong	重
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	重
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	重
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	重
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	還
	Macau	重
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	重
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	重
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	重
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	重
	Foshan	重
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	重
	Foshan (Shunde)	重
	Foshan (Sanshui)	重
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	重
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	還
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	重
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	重
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	還
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	還
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	還
	Taishan	還
	Kaiping (Chikan)	還
	Enping (Niujiang)	還
	Heshan (Yayao)	重
	Dongguan	重
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	重
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	重, 還
	Qingyuan	重
	Fogang	重
	Yingde (Hanguang)	閒
	Yangshan	重
	Lianshan (Butian)	成
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	重
	Shaoguan	重
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	重
	Renhua	重
	Lechang	重
	Sihui	重
	Deqing	淨, 重
	Huaiji	重
	Yunfu	鄭
	Xinxing	重
	Luoding	重
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鄭
	Yangjiang	還
	Xinyi	重
	Nanning	重
	Wuzhou	重
	Yulin	重
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	重
	Mengshan (Xihe)	重
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	重
	Bobai	重
	Qinzhou	重
	Beihai	重
	Ningming	重
	Hengzhou	淨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	重
	Singapore (Guangfu)	重
Gan	Nanchang	還
	Pingxiang	還
Hakka	Meixian	還
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	重
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	還
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	還
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	還
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	還
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	還
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	還
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	還
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	還
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	還
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	猶
	Hong Kong	還
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	還
	Kuching (Hepo)	還
Huizhou	Jixi	還
Jin	Taiyuan	還
Northern Min	Jian'ou	固, 唵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	固
	Matsu	固
Southern Min	Xiamen	猶, 猶閣
	Quanzhou	猶, 猶閣
	Zhangzhou	猶, 猶閣
	Zhao'an	還
	Tainan	猶, 猶閣
	Penang (Hokkien)	閣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	猶, 猶閣, 閣
	Manila (Hokkien)	猶, 猶閣
	Chaozhou	還
	Shantou	還
	Jieyang	還
	Haifeng	還
	Singapore (Teochew)	還
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	仲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	重
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	還
Wu	Shanghai	還
	Suzhou	還
	Danyang	還
	Wenzhou	還
	Jinhua	還
Xiang	Changsha	還
	Loudi	還
	Shuangfeng	還
	Quanzhou	還

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháng (chang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²
    • Yale: cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charng
    • Palladius: чан (čan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyang

Rime
Character	尚
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	市羊切
Baxter	dzyang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ʑiaŋ/
Wang Li	/ʑĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尚
Reading #	1/2
No.	11156
Phonetic component	尚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	常
Old Chinese	/*djaŋ/
Notes	說文從向聲，金文不似，疑堂或常初文

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 尚

1. Variant pronunciation used in 尚書／尚书 (shàngshū, “position of the chief secretary”).

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Japanese

Kanji

尚

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: くわえる (kuwaeru, くわえる)^{←くはへる (kufaferu, 尚へる, historical)}; たかい (takai, 尚い); たかめる (takameru, 尚める); たっとぶ (tattobu, 尚ぶ); とうとぶ (tōtobu, 尚ぶ)^{←たふとぶ (tafutobu, 尚ぶ, historical)}; とうとい (tōtoi, 尚い)^{←たふとい (tafutoi, 尚い, historical)}; なお (nao, 尚)^{←なほ (nafo, なほ, historical)}; ねがう (negau, 尚う)^{←ねがふ (negafu, 尚ふ, historical)}
• Nanori: さね (sane); たか (taka); たかし (takashi); なか (naka); なり (nari); ひさ (hisa); ひさし (hisashi); まさ (masa); まし (mashi); ます (masu); よし (yoshi); より (yori)

Compounds

Compounds

• 尚古(しょうこ) (shōko)
• 尚歯(しょうし) (shōshi)
• 尚書(しょうしょ) (Shōsho)
• 尚早(しょうそう) (shōsō)
• 尚武(しょうぶ) (shōbu)
• 好尚(こうしょう) (kōshō)
• 高尚(こうしょう) (kōshō)
• 和尚(おしょう) (oshō), 和尚(かしょう) (kashō), 和尚(わじょう) (wajō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
尚
しょう Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
尙 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 尚 (MC dzyangH).

Affix

尚(しょう) • (shō) ^{←しやう (syau)?}

1. esteem, respect
2. high status
3. long time
4. furthermore, still, yet

Proper noun

尚(しょう) • (Shō) ^{←しやう (syau)?}

2. a male or female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
尚
なお Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
尙 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 尚 – see the following entry.

【なお】 [adverb] furthermore, in addition [adverb] still, as always [adverb] even more [conjunction] moreover, furthermore, in addition, note that Alternative spellings 猶, 尚お

(This term, 尚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Proper noun

尚(なお) • (Nao) ^{←なほ (nafo)?}

1. a male or female given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
尚
たかし Grade: S
nanori

Alternative spelling
尙 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of classical adjective 高し (takashi), modern 高い (takai, “high”).

Proper noun

尚(たかし) • (Takashi) 

2. a male given name

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
尚
ひさし Grade: S
nanori

Alternative spelling
尙 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of classical adjective 久し (hisashi), modern 久しい (hisashii, “long time”).

Proper noun

尚(ひさし) • (Hisashi) 

1. a male or female given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 尚 (chuộng, thượng)

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