Chinese symbol for “mourning”
丧
sāng
Traditional: 喪
mourning; funeral; (old) corpse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mourning is 丧 (sāng), defined as: mourning; funeral; (old) corpse.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mourning”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哀悼 | āi dào | to grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death |
| 哀思 | āi sī | grief-stricken thoughts; mourning |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丧失 (喪失) | sàng shī | to lose; to forfeit |
| 沮丧 (沮喪) | jǔ sàng | dispirited; dejected |
| 丧生 (喪生) | sàng shēng | to die; to lose one's life |
| 丧命 (喪命) | sàng mìng | to lose one's life |
| 丧尸 (喪屍) | sāng shī | zombie |
| 丧礼 (喪禮) | sāng lǐ | funeral |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mourning”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.