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湘

湘

Translingual

Han character

湘 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水木月山 (EDBU), four-corner 36100)

  1. (geography) Xiang River, an affluent of Dongting Lake.
  2. (abbreviation) Hunan Province, China.

References

  • KangXi: page 637, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17842
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1044, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1670, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6E58

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 湘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (相) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
相 *slaŋ, *slaŋs
廂 *slaŋ
湘 *slaŋ
緗 *slaŋ
箱 *slaŋ
葙 *slaŋ
想 *slaŋʔ
霜 *sraŋ
孀 *sraŋ
鸘 *sraŋ
驦 *sraŋ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 湘
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 息良切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /sɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /siɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /siɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sɨaŋ/
Li
Rong		 /siaŋ/
Wang
Li		 /sĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /si̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiāng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 湘
Reading # 1/1
No. 13581
Phonetic
component		 相
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 襄
Old
Chinese		 /*slaŋ/

Definitions

湘

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Japanese

Kanji

湘

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

湘 • ‎(sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune-Reischauer sang, Yale sang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

湘 (tương)

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