Dong Chinese dictionary

xiǎng

make sound

Phonosemantic compound. 音 represents the meaning and 鄉 represents the sound.

Components

鄉 Sound component

xiāng

hometown

音 Meaning component

yīn

sound

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiǎng

make sound, make noise; sound; echo; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises

Most common words with 響

Sources