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Translingual
Han character
翔 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿手尸一一 (TQSMM), four-corner 87520, composition ⿰羊羽)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 956, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28689
- Dae Jaweon: page 1402, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3348, character 6
- Unihan data for U+7FD4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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样
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*ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ
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佯
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*zlaŋ, *laŋ
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詳
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*ljaŋ, *laŋ
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洋
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*ljaŋ, *laŋ
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翔
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*ljaŋ
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庠
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*ljaŋ
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祥
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*ljaŋ
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痒
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*ljaŋ, *laŋʔ
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姜
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*klaŋ
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羌
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*kʰlaŋ
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蜣
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*kʰlaŋ
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猐
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*kʰlaŋ
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唴
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*kʰlaŋs
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羊
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*laŋ
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徉
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*laŋ
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烊
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*laŋ
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蛘
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*laŋ, *laŋʔ
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眻
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*laŋ, *laŋs
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鴹
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*laŋ
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恙
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*laŋs
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羕
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*laŋs
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樣
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*laŋs
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漾
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*laŋs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ljaŋ) : phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ) + semantic 羽 (“feathers”)
Etymology 1
Iterative of 徉 (OC *laŋ) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): xiáng (xiang2)
- (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˊ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiang2
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): coeng4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): tiang3
- Gan (Wiktionary): xiong4
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): siòng
- (Meixian, Guangdong): xiong2
- Jin (Wiktionary): xion1
- Northern Min (KCR): ciǒng
- Eastern Min (BUC): siòng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): siông / siâng
- (Teochew, Peng'im): siang5
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): qiam5 / qiang5
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zhian
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zian2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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翔
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiáng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ zjang ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s.aŋ/
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English
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fly back and forth; soar
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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翔
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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14526
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Phonetic component
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羊
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Rime group
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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詳
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Old Chinese
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/*ljaŋ/
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Definitions
翔
- to fly; to soar
Compounds
Etymology 2
After a netizen on Tieba named 軍神李翔/军神李翔 (Jūnshén Lǐ Xiáng, “Li Xiang the God of War”). In 2011, he argued with other netizens for many days, and the argument finally ended with his comment 我他媽就是一坨屎/我他妈就是一坨屎 (“I'm a fucking pile of shit”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
翔
- (Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang) shit
- 吃翔 ― chī xiáng ― to eat shit
Japanese
Shinjitai
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翔
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Kyūjitai [1]
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翔󠄁 翔+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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翔󠄃 翔+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
翔
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- soar
Readings
Compounds
Proper noun
翔 • (Shō)
- a male given name
References
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 翔 (MC zjang). Recorded as Middle Korean 샤ᇰ (syang) (Yale: syang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
翔 (eumhun 날 상 (nal sang))
- hanja form? of 상 (“soar”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
翔: Hán Nôm readings: tường
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