Pictographic: Simplified form of 喪; to cry 哭 over the dead 亡Radical:

meaning for sāng:

  • - mourning
  • - funeral
  • - (old) corpse

meaning for sàng:

  • - to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)
  • - to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc)
  • - to die
  • - disappointed
  • - discouraged