祥
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auspicious; propitious
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,934 U+7965
How 祥 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
礻 (semantic, “spirit”) + 羊 (phonetic, yáng)
How to remember it
propitious · Heisig RSH #2163
altar + 羊 sheep
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 羊
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 羊 (yáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羊 sound component | yáng | sheep, goat |
| 洋 | yáng | sea, ocean; western, foreign |
| 养 | yǎng | to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support |
| 样 | yàng | form, pattern, shape, style |
| 氧 | yǎng | oxygen |
| 鲜 | xiān | fresh; delicious; attractive |
| 痒 | yǎng | to itch; to tickle |
| 详 | xiáng | complete, detailed, thorough |
| 翔 | xiáng | to soar, to hover, to glide |
| 羌 | qiāng | Qiang nationality; surname |
| 恙 | yàng | illness, sickness; indisposition |
| 羟 | qiǎng | hydroxide |
| 佯 | yáng | to pretend, to feign; false, deceitful |
| 徉 | yáng | to wander, to stray, to roam; to hesitate |
| 烊 | yáng | to smelt; to close for the night |
| 庠 | xiáng | village school; teach |
| 羰 | tāng | carbonyl group |
| 蛘 | yáng | rice weevil |
Words containing 祥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大祥区 | Dà xiáng Qū | Daxiang, a district of Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 发祥地 | fā xiáng dì | the birthplace (of sth good); the cradle (e.g. of art) |
| 文天祥 | Wén Tiān xiáng | Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol… |
| 和气致祥 | hé qì zhì xiáng | (idiom) amiability leads to harmony |
| 祥云县 | Xiáng yún Xiàn | Xiangyun, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zho… |
| 吉祥物 | jí xiáng wù | mascot |
| 罗志祥 | Luó Zhì xiáng | Luo Zhixiang or Show Luo or Alan Luo (1979-), Taiwanese pop star |
| 钟祥市 | Zhōng xiáng Shì | Zhongxiang, a county-level city in Jingmen City 荊門市|荆门市[Jing1 men2 Shi4], Hubei |
| 不祥 | bù xiáng | ominous; inauspicious |
| 大祥 | Dà xiáng | see 大祥區|大祥区[Da4 xiang2 Qu1] |
| 安祥 | ān xiáng | serene; composed; unruffled |
| 发祥 | fā xiáng | to give rise to (sth good); to emanate from |
| 祥符区 | Xiáng fú Qū | Xiangfu, a district of Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan |
| 祥光 | xiáng guāng | auspicious light |
| 祥和 | xiáng hé | auspicious and peaceful |
| 嘉祥县 | Jiā xiáng Xiàn | Jiaxiang, a county in Jining City 濟寧市|济宁市[Ji3 ning2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 不祥之兆 | bù xiáng zhī zhào | (idiom) bad omen |
| 祥云 | Xiáng yún | see 祥雲縣|祥云县[Xiang2 yun2 Xian4] |
| 祥云 | xiáng yún | magic cloud |
| 陆征祥 | Lù Zhēng xiáng | Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk |