shǎng to hand down

Made up of [ shàng still; yet; to value , bèi shell; precious; cowrie shell radical 154]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 12 strokes.
The 'shang' element gives phonetic, 'bei' for valuables gives the menaing

Related characters


Also uses shàng component: tàng (collective for trips) tǎng (to recline) zhǎng (palm of the hand)
Also uses bèi component: (toilet) guì (precious) pín (poor) tiē (to stick) yuán (person) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause) zhēn (chaste)

Different tone

shāng (commerce) shàng (up) shàng (still)

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Pronunciation

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