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祥

xiáng

HSK 6 Character

What 祥 means

1. auspicious
2. propitious

Example sentences

• Tux 是 Linux 的吉祥物。
  T ux shì Linux de jíxiángwù.
  Tux is the mascot for Linux.
• 我的大学今年正在庆祝建校一百周年，因此你到处都可以看到带有它颜色，标志和吉祥物的横幅。
  My university is celebrating its centennial this year, so you can see banners with its colors, logo, and mascot all over the place.

Words starting with 祥

• 祥和xiáng héauspicious and peaceful
• 祥云xiáng yúnmagic cloud
• 祥光xiáng guāngauspicious light
• 祥瑞xiáng ruìauspicious sign
• 祥符区Xiáng fú QūXiangfu, a district of Kaifeng City 开封市
• 祥云县Xiáng yún XiànXiangyun, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州
• 祥符Xiáng fúsee 祥符区

Words containing 祥

• 吉祥jí xiánglucky; auspicious; propitious
• 慈祥cí xiángkindly; benevolent (often of older person)
• 吉祥物jí xiáng wùmascot
• 不祥bù xiángominous; inauspicious
• 安祥ān xiángserene; composed; unruffled
• 文天祥Wén Tiān xiángWen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting…
• 冯玉祥Féng Yù xiángFeng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang…
• 发祥地fā xiáng dìthe birthplace (of sth good); the cradle (e.g. of art)
• 发祥fā xiángto give rise to (sth good); to emanate from
• 嘉祥县Jiā xiáng XiànJiaxiang, a county in Jining City 济宁市
• 大祥区Dà xiáng QūDaxiang, a district of Shaoyang City 邵阳市
• 凭祥市Píng xiáng ShìPingxiang, a county-level city in Chongzuo City 崇左市
• 罗志祥Luó Zhì xiángLuo Zhixiang or Show Luo or Alan Luo (1979-), Taiwanese pop star
• 钟祥市Zhōng xiáng ShìZhongxiang, a county-level city in Jingmen City 荆门市
• 和气致祥hé qì zhì xiáng(idiom) amiability leads to harmony
• 龙凤呈祥lóng fèng chéng xiángthe dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom); auspicious…
• 骆驼祥子Luò tuo Xiáng ziCamel Xiangzi, novel by Lao She 老舍
• 陆征祥Lù Zhēng xiángLu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk
• 不祥之兆bù xiáng zhī zhào(idiom) bad omen
• 嘉祥Jiā xiángsee 嘉祥县
• 大祥Dà xiángsee 大祥区
• 凭祥Píng xiángsee 凭祥市
• 钟祥Zhōng xiángsee 钟祥市

Characters built on 羊

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

• 详xiángdetailed; comprehensive
• 翔xiángto soar; to glide; variant of 详
• 羟qiǎnghydroxyl (radical)
• 羌qiāngmuntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)
• 庠xiáng(archaic) a school

Characters that look like 祥

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

• 移yíto move; to shift; to change
• 拜bàito bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings…
• 捍hànto ward off (a blow); to withstand; to defend
• 秤chēngto weigh (variant of 称
• 梓zǐChinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and…
• 栉zhìcomb; to comb; to weed out

Sounds the same

Read xiáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 详detailed; comprehensive
• 翔to soar; to glide; variant of 详
• 降to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
• 庠(archaic) a school
• 夅old variant of 降