尚
still; yet; to value; to esteem
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,356 U+5C1A
How 尚 is formed
How to remember it
esteem · Heisig RSH #190
小 small + glass cover + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 尚 as their sound component
These characters all use 尚 (shàng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尚 sound component | 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] |
Words containing 尚
| 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] |