相
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Spell out: + = · + =
each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #104 U+76F8
How 相 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To stare 目 at a tree 木, meaning to observe
How to remember it
one another · Heisig RSH #212
木 tree + 目 eye
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 相 as their sound component
These characters all use 相 (xiāng) as their phonetic component — 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 |
| 湘 | xiāng | Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river |
| 厢 | xiāng | side-room, wing; theatre box |
| 葙 | xiāng | feather cockscomb; Celosia argentea |
| 缃 | xiāng | light-yellow color |
Words containing 相
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 相山区 | Xiàng shān Qū | Xiangshan, a district of Huaibei City 淮北市[Huai2 bei3 Shi4], Anhui |
| 人相学 | rén xiàng xué | physiognomy (judgment of a person's fate, character etc, based on facial features) |
| 白相人 | bái xiàng rén | (dialect) rogue; hoodlum |
| 不相上下 | bù xiāng shàng xià | equally matched; about the same |
| 人相 | rén xiàng | physiognomy |
| 相山 | Xiàng shān | see 相山區|相山区[Xiang4 shan1 Qu1] |
| 水相 | shuǐ xiàng | aqueous solution |
| 相国 | xiàng guó | prime minister (in ancient China) |
| 相安无事 | xiāng ān wú shì | (idiom) to live together in harmony |
| 相中 | xiāng zhòng | to find to one's taste; to pick (after looking at); Taiwan pr. [xiang4 zhong4] |
| 相机行事 | xiàng jī xíng shì | to act as circumstances dictate (idiom) |
| 相生 | xiāng shēng | to engender one another |
| 车头相 | chē tóu xiàng | photo attached to the front of a hearse in a funeral procession |
| 有无相通 | yǒu wú xiāng tōng | see 互通有無|互通有无[hu4 tong1 you3 wu2] |
| 自相 | zì xiāng | mutual; each other; one another; self- |
| 相城区 | Xiàng chéng Qū | Xiangcheng, a district of Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市[Su1 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 大不相同 | dà bù xiāng tóng | not at all the same; substantially different |
| 海相 | hǎi xiàng | marine facies (geology) |
| 相机 | xiàng jī | camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1]); at the opportune moment; as the circumstance… |
| 上相 | shàng xiàng | photogenic; (old) high official |