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橡

xiàng

HSK 4 Character

What 橡 means

1. oak
2. Quercus serrata

Example sentences

• 这不是橡皮。
  Zhè bù shì xiàngpí.
  This isn't rubber.
• 这是一棵橡树。
  It's an oak tree.
• 橡树的果实是什么？
  What is the fruit of the oak?
• 饥饿的猪梦到橡树子。
  Jī'è de zhū mèngdào xiàngshù zǐ.
  A hungry pig dreams of acorns.
• 那棵橡树已经不在了。
  The oak tree was no longer there.
• 把扑克牌放在橡木桌上。
  Bǎ pūkèpái fàng zài xiàngmù zhuō shàng.
  Place the deck of cards on the oaken table.

Words starting with 橡

• 橡皮xiàng pírubber; an eraser
• 橡胶xiàng jiāorubber; caoutchouc
• 橡树xiàng shùoak
• 橡皮筋xiàng pí jīnrubber band
• 橡木xiàng mùoaken
• 橡子xiàng zǐacorn
• 橡实xiàng shíacorn
• 橡子面xiàng zi miànacorn flour
• 橡皮擦xiàng pí cāeraser; rubber
• 橡皮泥xiàng pí níplasticine; modeling clay
• 橡皮球xiàng pí qiúrubber ball
• 橡皮线xiàng pí xiànwire (sheathed in rubber); cable
• 橡皮艇xiàng pí tǐngrubber dinghy
• 橡胶树xiàng jiāo shùrubber tree
• 橡皮图章xiàng pí tú zhāng(lit. and fig.) rubber stamp
• 橡皮膏xiàng pí gāosticking plaster; adhesive bandage
• 橡子面儿xiàng zi miàn rerhua variant of 橡子面

Words containing 橡

• 合成橡胶hé chéng xiàng jiāosynthetic rubber
• 天然橡胶tiān rán xiàng jiāonatural rubber
• 氯丁橡胶lǜ dīng xiàng jiāoneoprene
• 硅橡胶guī xiàng jiāosilicone rubber
• 异戊橡胶yì wù xiàng jiāoisoprene rubber
• 矽橡胶xī xiàng jiāo(Taiwan) silicone rubber
• 丁腈橡胶dīng jīng xiàng jiāonitrile rubber

Characters built on 象

These share the phonetic component 象 (xiàng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 像xiàngto resemble; to be like; to look as if
• 蟓xiàngsilkworm

Characters that look like 橡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 豫yùhappy; carefree; at one's ease
• 薇wēiOsmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 橇qiāosled; sleigh
• 瘸quélame
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…
• 擞sǒuused in 抖擞

Sounds the same

Read xiàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 向towards; to face; to turn towards
• 像to resemble; to be like; to look as if
• 象elephant; shape; form
• 项back of neck; item; thing
• 巷lane; alley
• 相appearance; portrait; picture
• 蟓silkworm
• 珦a kind of jade
• 衖variant of 巷