湘
abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,958 U+6E58
How 湘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 相 (phonetic, xiāng)
How to remember it
Hunan Province · Heisig RSH #3011
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 相
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 相 (xiāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 相 sound component | xiāng | mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other |
| 想 | xiǎng | to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think |
| 箱 | xiāng | box, case; chest, trunk |
| 霜 | shuāng | frost; frozen, crystallized, candied |
| 厢 | xiāng | side-room, wing; theatre box |
| 葙 | xiāng | feather cockscomb; Celosia argentea |
| 缃 | xiāng | light-yellow color |
Words containing 湘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 湘西土家族苗族自治州 | Xiāng xī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu | Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 湘东区 | Xiāng dōng Qū | Xiangdong, a district of Pingxiang City 萍鄉市|萍乡市[Ping2 xiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 湘西州 | Xiāng xī Zhōu | see 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] |
| 临湘市 | Lín xiāng Shì | Linxiang, a county-level city in Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 湘阴县 | Xiāng yīn Xiàn | Xiangyin, a county in Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 湘乡市 | Xiāng xiāng Shì | Xiangxiang, a county-level city in Xiangtan City 湘潭市[Xiang1 tan2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 湘桥区 | Xiāng qiáo Qū | Xiangqiao, a district of Chaozhou City 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 湘桂运河 | Xiāng Guì Yùn hé | Hunan-Guangxi Canal, another name for Lingqu 靈渠|灵渠[Ling2 qu2], canal in Xing'an County 興安|… |
| 湘西 | Xiāng xī | see 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] |
| 湘语 | Xiāng yǔ | Xiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province |
| 湘东 | Xiāng dōng | see 湘東區|湘东区[Xiang1 dong1 Qu1] |
| 湘江 | Xiāng jiāng | the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province |
| 湘军 | Xiāng jūn | Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellio… |
| 湘菜 | Xiāng cài | Hunan cuisine |
| 临湘 | Lín xiāng | see 臨湘市|临湘市[Lin2 xiang1 Shi4] |
| 湘阴 | Xiāng yīn | see 湘陰縣|湘阴县[Xiang1 yin1 Xian4] |
| 湘潭县 | Xiāng tán Xiàn | Xiangtan, a county in Xiangtan City 湘潭市[Xiang1 tan2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 湘潭市 | Xiāng tán Shì | Xiangtan, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 蒸湘区 | Zhēng xiāng Qū | Zhengxiang, a district of Hengyang City 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 湘乡 | Xiāng xiāng | see 湘鄉市|湘乡市[Xiang1 xiang1 Shi4] |