123456789Keywordto die in childhoodto die youngnational mourningFrequency#4245Strokes9ReadingsshāngMnemonic歹 (death) gives the meaning and 昜 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of歹wicked昜brightUsed in vocabulary殇shāngto die in childhood; war dead国殇guóshāng(literary) person who dies for their country; martyr to the national cause河殇HéshāngRiver Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s