湘 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xiāng

Hunan province

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 相 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

相 Sound component

xiāng, xiàng

mutual

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiāng

Hunan province

Xiāng

abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

Most common words with 湘

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	湘	abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
	潇湘	other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江[Xiāngjiāng] in Hunan province
	湘江	the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
	湘潭	Xiangtan prefecture level city in Hunan
	湘军	Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion