巷 — Chinese character
巷
xiàng
alley, lane
- Pinyin
- xiàng
- Radical
- 49 ⼰ (Oneself)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 共 巳
- Japanese
- 巷 as a kanji
Common words with 巷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小巷 | xiǎo xiàng | alley |
| 大街小巷 | dà jiē xiǎo xiàng | great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city |
| 巷子 | xiàng zi | alley |
| 街巷 | jiē xiàng | streets and alleys; street |
| 街头巷尾 (街頭巷尾) | jiē tóu xiàng wěi | top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city |
| 巷战 (巷戰) | xiàng zhàn | (military) street fighting; urban combat |
| 巷弄 | xiàng lòng | alley; lane |
| 街谈巷议 (街談巷議) | jiē tán xiàng yì | (idiom) town gossip; streetcorner conversations |
| 里巷 | lǐ xiàng | lane; alley |
| 万人空巷 (萬人空巷) | wàn rén kōng xiàng | the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate); the whole town turns out |
| 窄巷 | zhǎi xiàng | narrow alley; narrow street |
| 花街柳巷 | huā jiē liǔ xiàng | (idiom) red-light district |
English words written with 巷
巷 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 2
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