湘
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Translingual
Han character
湘 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水木月山 (EDBU), four-corner 36100, composition ⿰氵相)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 637, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17842
- Dae Jaweon: page 1044, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1670, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6E58
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *slaŋ) : semantic 水 + phonetic 相 (OC *slaŋ, *slaŋs).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): xiong1
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): Sióng
- Eastern Min (BUC): Siŏng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1shian
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sian1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Siang
- Wade–Giles: Hsiang1
- Yale: Syāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiang
- Palladius: Сян (Sjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: soeng1
- Yale: sēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: soeng1
- Guangdong Romanization: sêng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhiang1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiaŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: xiong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕiɔŋ⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Siông
- Hakka Romanization System: xiongˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xiong1
- Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Sióng
- Sinological IPA (key): /siɔŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Siŏng
- Sinological IPA (key): /suoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siong
- Tâi-lô: Siong
- Phofsit Daibuun: siofng
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siang
- Tâi-lô: Siang
- Phofsit Daibuun: siafng
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: siang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang
- Sinological IPA (key): /siaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
- Xiang
- Middle Chinese: sjang
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*slaŋ/
Definitions
湘
- (～江, ～水) Xiang River, an affluent of Dongting Lake
- Short for 湖南 (Húnán, “Hunan, a province of China.”).
- Xiang; Xiang Chinese
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
湘 (eumhun 강 이름 상 (gang ireum sang))
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Vietnamese
Han character
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