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<WL>桑 [sāng] mulberry tree; 桑蚕 silkworm; 桑叶 mulberry leaves
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<WL>桑 [sāng] mulberry; white mulberry tree (Morus alba); 桑蚕 silkworm; 桑叶 mulberry leaves
A mulberry tree with lots of leaves.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 桑(􁂻) sāng ‘white mulberry tree’ (Morus alba) combines 叒(􁂹) ruò ‘legendary Sunrise tree’ (叒/若木) representing the leaves (of the white mulberry, eaten by silkworms), and 木(􀻢) ‘tree’.
Silkworms like to eat the leaves, hence 桑蚕 sāngcán ‘silkworm’.
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Compare: 蚕/蠶(􂗀) cán ‘silkworm’ (Bombyx mori); 茧/繭(􂏵𦇂) jiǎn ‘cocoon’; 桑蚕 sāngcán ‘silkworm’.
 
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