喪

Glyph origin
Originally. The number of mouths frequently varied. Sometimes was included as a semantic component, and later  was added as a phonetic (and also possibly semantic) component.

In the became, from which the modern form derives.

Compare and, which may be derived from or originally the same character as 喪.

Etymology
From. Cognate with. The level-toned pronunciation has a nominal prefix *s-, lit. "circumstances associated with disappearance (death)", whereas the departing-toned pronunciation has a formally identical causative prefix *s- and an exoactive suffix *-s, lit. "to cause to disappear".

Definitions

 * 1) mourning; funeral ceremony
 * 2) corpse; dead body
 * 3) misfortune; misadventure
 * 4) to mourn; to be in mourning
 * 5) to grieve over the death of

Definitions

 * 1) to forfeit; to lose; to be deprived of
 * 2) to die; to pass away
 * 3) to be defeated; to be destroyed; to perish
 * 4) to escape; to flee
 * 5) to forget; to fail to remember
 * 6) to be discouraged; to lose heart
 * 7)  wildly; extremely

Noun

 * 1) mourning
 * 2) calamity; misfortune

Noun

 * 1) mourning