尚
shàng · HSK 7
still
shàng = base sound shared by 常 堂 赏 党 掌; means still or yet, rather
尚 sits on top of those characters and lends them its shàng-ish sound. On its own it adds a still-not-finished, yet, or fairly nuance: 尚未 = not yet, 尚可 = fairly okay.
尚 — 八 (eight/divide) over 向 (window/direction)
Originally depicted vapor or breath rising and dispersing upward from an opening, suggesting elevation and what is above. From this came the meanings 'still,' 'yet,' and 'to esteem' — what one looks up to. The modern senses of 'esteem' and 'still/yet' both stem from this upward orientation.