| 桑 | 537B35 32.01 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄙㄤ [sang1] | ||
| N. | (1) The mulberry: 桑樹 ditto; 桑間濮上 mulberry orchard on river Puu--(allu.) place of illicit love-making; 桑中之會 (AC allu.) lovers’ rendezvous (in mulberry field). (2) A surname. | |||||
| Words | 1. 桑果 [sang1guo3], n., the berry of mulberry. 2. 桑蠖 [sang1hu4]1, n., the looper caterpillar. 3. 桑扈 [sang1hu4]2, n., the hawfinch. 4. 桑牛 [sang1niu2], n., a beetle oft. found on mulberries, Apriona rugicollis, 5. 桑皮 [sang1pi2], n., mulberry bark; 桑皮紙 durable paper made from this. 6. 桑葚 (兒) [sang1shen4] ([sang1she4er0]), n., the mulberry fruit (also 桑子 [sang1zi3]). 7. 桑田 [sang1tian2], n., mulberry orchard. 8. 桑土 [sang1tu3], n., (1) mulberry field; (2) ([sang1du4]) (AC) mulberry root. 9. 桑梓 [sang1zi3], n., childhood home town (“the mulberry home, and the catalpa”): 關心桑梓 concern for one's home town. 10. 桑榆 [sang1yU2], n., time of old age (from AC allu. where the sun sets on “the mulberry and the elm”): 桑榆晚景 in the evening of one's life. | |||||