xiāng
side-room
Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 相 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 廂
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
carriage | ||
side | ||
box (in a theater or concert hall) | ||
one's own wishful thinking | ||
side room |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 5.0777% of movies
2351st most common character in movies
2467th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+5EC2 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“廂，廊也。从广，相聲。” |
Sources
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