Learn Chinese Characters

Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced sang

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced sang, including 丧 sāng / sàng, 桑 sāng, 嗓 sǎng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…

How to Pronounce This Syllable

For sang, start with the flat s and let it flow into ang, holding the tone over the joined syllable.

Initial s

Keep the tongue flat and the sound clean.

Final ang

Let the sound move toward the back of the mouth.

Study Tip

Start with the most common characters (丧 sāng / sàng, 桑 sāng, 嗓 sǎng) and lock in their tones. 3 common characters share the sound sang, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.

Learn by Tone

sang turns up here with 2 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.

1st tone

Taking the 1st tone here: 丧, 桑 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

3rd tone

Taking the 3rd tone here: 嗓 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

Common Words With This Sound

Seeing sang inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.

Characters

3 common characters in this group.