尚

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still; yet; to value; to esteem

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HSK 3.0: Level 4
Old HSK: Level 5
Strokes: 8
Radical: 小 +5
Structure: Top enclosure 上包
Traditional: 尚
Common rank: #1,355
Unicode: U+5C1A

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Formation & memory

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How 尚 is formed

Components ⺌冂口

How to remember it

esteem · Heisig RSH #190

小 small + glass cover + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 尚

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
和尚打伞，无法无天	hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān	lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮\|发[fa4] vs 法[f…
远来的和尚会念经	yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīng	the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom); foreign talent is valued …
三个和尚没水吃	sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ chī	see 三個和尚沒水喝\|三个和尚没水喝[san1 ge4 he2 shang5 mei2 shui3 he1]
当一天和尚撞一天钟	dāng yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng	see 做一天和尚撞一天鐘\|做一天和尚撞一天钟[zuo4 yi1 tian1 he2 shang5 zhuang4 yi1 tian1 zhong1]
尚义县	Shàng yì Xiàn	Shangyi, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市\|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei
做一天和尚撞一天钟	zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng	lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom); fig. to do one's job mechanically; to…
尚书经	Shàng shū Jīng	Book of History; a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant …
尚比亚	Shàng bǐ yà	Zambia (Tw)
丈二和尚，摸不着头脑	zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo	lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom); fig. at a total loss
礼部尚书	lǐ bù shàng shū	Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)
沙和尚	Shā hé shang	Sha Wujing
好奇尚异	hào qí shàng yì	to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
户部尚书	hù bù shàng shū	Minister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards)
三个和尚没水喝	sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē	lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom); fig. everybody's business is nobody's bus…
跑得了和尚，跑不了庙	pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào	the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom); you can run this time, b…
跑了和尚，跑不了寺	pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì	the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom); you can run this time, b…
庆尚南道	Qìng shàng nán dào	South Gyeongsang Province, in southeast South Korea, capital Changwon 昌原[Chang1 yuan2]
坦尚尼亚	Tǎn shàng ní yà	Tanzania (Tw)
尚志市	Shàng zhì Shì	Shangzhi, a county-level city in Harbin City 哈爾濱市\|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
庆尚北道	Qìng shàng běi dào	North Gyeongsang Province, in east South Korea, capital Daegu 大邱[Da4 qiu1]

Sound family

These characters use 尚 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
尚 sound part	shàng	still, yet; even; fairly, rather
常	cháng	common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly
党	dǎng	political party, gang, faction
堂	táng	hall, large room; government office; cousins
掌	zhǎng	in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot
赏	shǎng	reward; to appreciate; to bestow, to grant
尝	cháng	to taste; to experience, to experiment with
躺	tǎng	to recline, to lie down
敞	chǎng	wide, open, spacious
棠	táng	crabapple tree; wild plum
趟	tàng	time, occasion; to make a journey
倘	tǎng	if, supposing, in event of
淌	tǎng	to trickle down, to flow, to drip; to shed tears
裳	cháng	skirt, petticoat; beautiful
惝	chǎng	alarmed, agitated
徜	cháng	to linger, to walk back and forth
绱	shàng	the sole of a shoe; to patch, to sole
䠀	chǎng	to meditate; to sit cross-legged
牚	chēng	variant of 撐\|撑[cheng1]