翔 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xiáng

soar

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components

羽 Meaning component

yǔ

feather

羊 Sound component

yáng

sheep

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiáng

soar, glide, hover; detailed; to soar; to glide; variant of 詳|详[xiáng]

Most common words with 翔

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	飞翔	to soar
	翔	to soar
	刘翔	Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
	翱翔	to soar
	滑翔	to glide

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*s.[ɢ]aŋ	zjang	xiáng	fly back and forth; soar

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.8924% of movies

2428th most common character in movies

2184th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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