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Usage of the character 殇

shāng
[殤]
  • to die in childhood
  • war dead
Héshāng
河殇
[河殤]
  • River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s
guóshāng
国殇
[國殤]
  • (literary) person who dies for their country
  • martyr to the national cause
yāoshāng
夭殇
[夭殤]
  • to die young
Táng Shāngdì
唐殇帝
[唐殤帝]
  • Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂 ( Lǐ Chóngmào) (c. 695-715), reigned 710