尚

• 𫩠 (when used at the top of a character)

尚 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火月口 (FBR), four-corner 9022₇, composition ⿱⺌冋)

• 倘 埫 徜 惝 敞 淌 緔(绱) 耥 趟 躺 鋿 鞝 㭻 㲂 䊑 䠀 䣊 𣎃

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 297, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7493
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 563, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5C1A

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) : semantic 八 + phonetic 向 (OC *hljaŋs, *hlaŋs). Similar to 冋.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *zrjaŋ ~ rjaŋ (“uncle, superior”) (STEDT; cf. Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (“, upper part, rise, raise, top, summit”)). Cognate with 丈 (OC *daŋʔ) "gentleman, older man, husband", Tibetan ཨ་ཞང (a zhang, “maternal uncle”), Burmese အရှင် (a.hrang, “master, lord”), etc.

尚

1. still; yet

   年紀尚幼／年纪尚幼  ―  niánjì shàng yòu  ―  still young

   不良反應：尚不明確。 [MSC, trad.]
   不良反应：尚不明确。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bùliángfǎnyìng: shàng bù míngquè. [Pinyin]

   Adverse reactions: still unclear.

2. (literary, or in compounds) even

   • 天地尚不能久，而況於人乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天地尚不能久，而况于人乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Tiāndì shàng bùnéng jiǔ, ér kuàng yú rén hū? [Pinyin]

     If Heaven and Earth cannot make such (spasmodic) actings last long, how much less can man!

3. to value; to esteem; to worship

   尚武  ―  shàngwǔ  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (obsolete) to assist; to administer (for the emperor)
5. prevailing custom

   時尚／时尚  ―  shíshàng  ―  fashion

6. (literary, or in compounds) noble; virtuous
7. (obsolete) Alternative form of 上 (“to exceed”)

   • 今天下地醜德齊，莫能相尚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今天下地丑德齐，莫能相尚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Jīn tiānxià dìchǒudéqí, mò néng xiàng shàng. [Pinyin]

     Now throughout the kingdom, the territories of the princes are of equal extent, and in their achievements they are on a level. Not one of them is able to exceed the others.

8. a surname: Shang

   尚可喜  ―  Shàng Kěxǐ  ―  Shang Kexi (Chinese general of the Ming and Qing Dynasties)

• (still):

• (even):

• (to value):

• (noble):

• → Tangut: → 𗊻 (*śjo²) (transliteration)

尚

1. Used in 尚羊 (chángyáng).
2. Variant pronunciation used in 尚書／尚书 (shàngshū, “position of the chief secretary”).

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 尙)

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: くわえる (kuwaeru, くわえる)^{←くはへる (kufaferu, 尚へる, historical)}、たかい (takai, 尚い)、たかめる (takameru, 尚める)、たっとぶ (tattobu, 尚ぶ)、とうとぶ (tōtobu, 尚ぶ)^{←たふとぶ (tafutobu, 尚ぶ, historical)}、とうとい (tōtoi, 尚い)^{←たふとい (tafutoi, 尚い, historical)}、なお (nao, 尚)^{←なほ (nafo, なほ, historical)}、ねがう (negau, 尚う)^{←ねがふ (negafu, 尚ふ, historical)}
• Nanori: さね (sane)、たか (taka)、たかし (takashi)、なか (naka)、なり (nari)、ひさ (hisa)、ひさし (hisashi)、まさ (masa)、まし (mashi)、ます (masu)、よし (yoshi)、より (yori)

From Middle Chinese 尚 (MC dzyangH).

尚(しょう) • (shō) ^{←しやう (syau)?}

1. esteem, respect
2. high status
3. long time
4. furthermore, still, yet

尚(しょう) • (Shō) ^{←しやう (Syau)?}

1. a surname used by the Ryukyu royal family
2. a male or female given name

尚(なお) • (Nao) ^{←なほ (Nafo)?}

1. a male or female given name

Nominalization of classical adjective 高し (takashi), modern 高い (takai, “high”).

尚(たかし) • (Takashi) 

1. a surname
2. a male given name

Nominalization of classical adjective 久し (hisashi), modern 久しい (hisashii, “long time”).

尚(ひさし) • (Hisashi) 

1. a male or female given name

尚 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang)

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尚: Hán Nôm readings: chuộng, thượng

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