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祥
祥
Translingual
Han character
祥 (radical 113 示+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈火廿手 (IFTQ), four-corner 38251, composition ⿰礻羊)
- good luck, good omen, auspicious, propitious
- happiness
References
- KangXi: page 842, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24689
- Dae Jaweon: page 1262, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2398, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7965
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
祥 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (羊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 样 | *ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ |
| 佯 | *zlaŋ, *laŋ |
| 詳 | *ljaŋ, *laŋ |
| 洋 | *ljaŋ, *laŋ |
| 翔 | *ljaŋ |
| 庠 | *ljaŋ |
| 祥 | *ljaŋ |
| 痒 | *ljaŋ, *laŋʔ |
| 姜 | *klaŋ |
| 羌 | *kʰlaŋ |
| 蜣 | *kʰlaŋ |
| 猐 | *kʰlaŋ |
| 唴 | *kʰlaŋs |
| 羊 | *laŋ |
| 徉 | *laŋ |
| 烊 | *laŋ |
| 蛘 | *laŋ, *laŋʔ |
| 眻 | *laŋ, *laŋs |
| 鴹 | *laŋ |
| 恙 | *laŋs |
| 羕 | *laŋs |
| 樣 | *laŋs |
| 漾 | *laŋs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˊ
- Wade-Giles: hsiang2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyang
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: coeng4
- Yale: chèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng4
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siòng
- Hakka Romanization System: xiongˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xiong2
- IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông
- Tâi-lô: siông
- Phofsit Daibuun: sioong
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɔŋ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 祥 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕiɑŋ³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ɕiaŋ²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /ɕiɑŋ⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /ɕiaŋ⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /siaŋ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /siaŋ⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /ɕiaŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /ɕiɔ̃²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan |
/t͡ɕʰiɑŋ⁵³/ /ɕiɑŋ⁵³/ |
|
| Lanzhou | /ɕiɑ̃⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /ɕiaŋ³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡ɕʰiã̠³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡ɕʰiɑ̃⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕiɒ̃¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /ɕiɑŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ɕiɑ̃³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦiã²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ziã¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /d͡ʑiɑŋ²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ji²²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰia⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sʰiau⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sian¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /d͡zian¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sioŋ¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /sioŋ¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰœŋ²¹/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sʰœŋ²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sʰœŋ²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /siɔŋ³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /suoŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡siɔŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /siaŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /siaŋ³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 祥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 似羊切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/zɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ziɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ziɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/zɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/ziaŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/zĭaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/zi̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xiáng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 祥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xiáng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ zjang › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s.ɢaŋ/ |
| English | auspicious |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 祥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14528 |
| Phonetic component |
羊 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
詳 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ljaŋ/ |
Definitions
祥
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Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
祥 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune-Reischauer sang, Yale sang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
祥 (tường)
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