嘗 (cháng) — to taste; to try; (literary) to have ever

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嘗 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

嘗＝旨＋尚

ㄔㄤˊ · cháng

verb — to taste; to try; (literary) to have ever

字源 FORM — what the parts do

旨義fine flavor down below — a spoon 匕 over a mouth 甘, savoring

尚聲shàng — gives the soundworn flat across the top

ITshàng → cháng — sh- softens to ch-, tone shifts

Fine flavor (旨) — a spoon over a mouth, savoring — sits at the foot of the graph; 尚 shàng spreads across the top, softened to cháng. Food put to the tongue: 嘗試 to try, 嘗到 to get a taste of, and in old writing 未嘗 never-yet. The 尚 series runs 常、堂、賞、黨.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

拿一口送到舌尖（旨）——嘗嘗，是什麼味。

A mouthful brought to the tongue (旨) — a taste, to know the flavor.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)嘗試、品嘗— to taste; to try常用

→嘗到— to get a taste of; to experience

⇒未嘗、何嘗— (literary) ever; never-yet

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension