孀

孀 · shuāng

widow

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
shuāng
Cantonese
soeng1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

widow

Dictionary definitions & readings

孀 shuāng · (bound form) widow

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21090.070:shuāng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1073.030:shuāng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
344.070:shuāng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
shuāng粵soeng1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ソウ ショウ やもめ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
상:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
色莊 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VMBU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4146.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0273.430 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
176.30 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0731h Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5B40
Radical
女 · 38
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
17
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6446

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
孀
Strokes
20
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

20 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
srjang · 色莊 · 宕開三平陽生 · #827

PHONO-ML, source line 6614; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
393.104
kCowles
3629
kDaeJaweon
0542.180
kFennIndex
467.02
kGSR
0731h
kHanYu
21090.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
0542.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21090.070
kIRGKangXi
0273.430
kKangXi
0273.430
kLau
2737
kMatthews
5920
kMeyerWempe
2577
kMorohashi
06885
kNelson
1263
kSBGY
176.30
kSMSZD2003Index
162.10
kCangjie
VMBU
kFenn
847F
kFourCornerCode
4146.3
kHKGlyph
0968
kMojiJoho
MJ010035
kPhonetic
1161
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6657
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C45C
kIRG_JSource
J0-5552
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E1C9
kIRG_KSource
K0-5F45
kIRG_TSource
T1-7967
kIRG_VSource
V2-8B4E
kRSUnicode
38.17
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
C45C
kCCCII
213A4C
kCNS1986
1-7967
kCNS1992
1-7967
kEACC
213A4C
kGB0
7055
kGB1
7055
kJis0
5350
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1307
kTGH
2013:6446
kTaiwanTelegraph
1307
kXerox
265:163
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4609+38.3.17
kCantonese
soeng1
kDefinition
widow
kFanqie
色莊
kHangul
상:0N
kHanyuPinyin
21090.070:shuāng
kJapanese
ソウ ショウ やもめ
kJapaneseKun
YAMOME
kJapaneseOn
SOU
kKorean
SANG
kMandarin
shuāng
kSMSZD2003Readings
shuāng粵soeng1
kTGHZ2013
344.070:shuāng
kXHC1983
1073.030:shuāng
kSemanticVariant
U+971C<kLau

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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8dictionary records using 孀0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
女 beside 霜 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰女霜$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰女霜$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.