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<p>桑<strong>葚</strong>（sāng shèn），又作桑<strong>椹</strong>，桑树的成熟果实，为桑科植物桑树的果穗。又名桑椹子、桑蔗、桑枣、桑果、桑泡儿，乌椹等。</p>
<p><strong>黮</strong><br />
dàn<br />
云黑色：“当时黮闇犹承误，末俗纷纭更乱真。”<br />
shèn<br />
古通“葚”，桑果：“食我桑黮。”</p>
</blockquote>
<p>So it seems that 桑椹 and 桑葚 are the same. And 黮 is the interchangeability character of 葚 in ancient time. While 甚 should be a wrong word since I didn't find any explanation related to 桑甚.</p>

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2018-07-26T10:15:38.887Z
桑甚 is recorded in *ABC* and *Grand Ricci*.
Mou某
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Bruce Huang
<p>I always just assumed mulberry was 桑葚. I was going through some materials though and came across many variants:</p>

<ul>
<li>桑椹</li>
<li>桑甚</li>
<li>桑黮</li>
</ul>

<p>It's not as if they are even traditional or simplified variants. What's up with all these different suffixes (葚, 椹, 甚, 黮) for mulberry? </p>

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Are you sure that they’re different endings? Just a guess, but it looks like different semantic indicators were added to the same ending because the spelling was not standardised.
dROOOze
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@droooze that’s a point, and you might just be right.
Mou某
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Why does mulberry have so many different endings? (桑葚、桑椹、桑甚、桑黮)？
# Why does mulberry have so many different endings? (桑葚、桑椹、桑甚、桑黮)？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-26)

I always just assumed mulberry was 桑葚. I was going through some materials though and came across many variants:

* 桑椹
* 桑甚
* 桑黮

It's not as if they are even traditional or simplified variants. What's up with all these different suffixes (葚, 椹, 甚, 黮) for mulberry?

**Tags:** writing

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Are you sure that they’re different endings? Just a guess, but it looks like different semantic indicators were added to the same ending because the spelling was not standardised.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 that’s a point, and you might just be right.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-26. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

> 桑**葚**（sāng shèn），又作桑**椹**，桑树的成熟果实，为桑科植物桑树的果穗。又名桑椹子、桑蔗、桑枣、桑果、桑泡儿，乌椹等。
>
> **黮**  
> dàn  
> 云黑色：“当时黮闇犹承误，末俗纷纭更乱真。”  
> shèn  
> 古通“葚”，桑果：“食我桑黮。”

So it seems that 桑椹 and 桑葚 are the same. And 黮 is the interchangeability character of 葚 in ancient time. While 甚 should be a wrong word since I didn't find any explanation related to 桑甚.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: 桑甚 is recorded in *ABC* and *Grand Ricci*.  

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