翔
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to soar; to glide; variant of 詳|详[xiang2]; (slang) shit
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How 翔 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
羽 (semantic, “wings”) + 羊 (phonetic, yáng)
How to remember it
soar · Heisig RSH #546
羊 sheep + 羽 feathers
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 羊
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 羊 (yáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羊 sound component | yáng | sheep, goat |
| 洋 | yáng | sea, ocean; western, foreign |
| 养 | yǎng | to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support |
| 样 | yàng | form, pattern, shape, style |
| 氧 | yǎng | oxygen |
| 鲜 | xiān | fresh; delicious; attractive |
| 祥 | xiáng | happiness, good fortune; auspicious |
| 痒 | yǎng | to itch; to tickle |
| 详 | xiáng | complete, detailed, thorough |
| 羌 | qiāng | Qiang nationality; surname |
| 恙 | yàng | illness, sickness; indisposition |
| 羟 | qiǎng | hydroxide |
| 佯 | yáng | to pretend, to feign; false, deceitful |
| 徉 | yáng | to wander, to stray, to roam; to hesitate |
| 烊 | yáng | to smelt; to close for the night |
| 庠 | xiáng | village school; teach |
| 羰 | tāng | carbonyl group |
| 蛘 | yáng | rice weevil |
Words containing 翔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翔安区 | Xiáng ān Qū | Xiang'an, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 临翔区 | Lín xiáng Qū | Linxiang, a district of Lincang City 臨滄市|临沧市[Lin2 cang1 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 悬挂式滑翔机 | xuán guà shì huá xiáng jī | hang-glider |
| 滑翔机 | huá xiáng jī | glider |
| 凤翔区 | Fèng xiáng Qū | Fengxiang, a district of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 悬挂式滑翔 | xuán guà shì huá xiáng | hang-gliding |
| 翔安 | Xiáng ān | see 翔安區|翔安区[Xiang2 an1 Qu1] |
| 高翔 | Gāo Xiáng | Gao Xiang (1688-1753), Qing dynasty painter |
| 翔回 | xiáng huí | to circle (in the sky) |
| 翔实 | xiáng shí | complete and accurate |
| 飞翔 | fēi xiáng | to circle in the air; to soar |
| 贺军翔 | Hè Jūn xiáng | Mike He (1983-), Taiwanese actor |
| 临翔 | Lín xiáng | see 臨翔區|临翔区[Lin2 xiang2 Qu1] |
| 滑翔翼 | huá xiáng yì | hang glider (equipment); hang gliding (sport) |
| 滑翔 | huá xiáng | to glide |
| 翔凤 | Xiáng fèng | Comac ARJ21, Chinese-built twin-engine regional jet |
| 凤翔 | Fèng xiáng | see 鳳翔區|凤翔区[Feng4 xiang2 Qu1] |
| 滑翔伞 | huá xiáng sǎn | paraglider (equipment); paragliding (sport) |
| 鸾翔凤集 | luán xiáng fèng jí | lit. firebird and phoenix come together (idiom); fig. a gathering of eminent people |
| 刘翔 | Liú Xiáng | Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games |