祥 — Chinese character
祥
xiáng
happiness, good fortune; auspicious
- Pinyin
- xiáng
- Radical
- 113 ⽰ (Spirit)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 礻 羊
- Formation
- pictophonetic — spirit; meaning component 礻; sound component 羊
- Japanese
- 祥 as a kanji
Common words with 祥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吉祥 | jí xiáng | lucky; auspicious |
| 吉祥物 | jí xiáng wù | mascot |
| 不祥 | bù xiáng | ominous; inauspicious |
| 祥和 | xiáng hé | auspicious and peaceful |
| 慈祥 | cí xiáng | kindly; benevolent (often of older person) |
| 发祥地 (發祥地) | fā xiáng dì | the birthplace (of sth good); the cradle (e.g. of art) |
| 祥云 (祥雲) | xiáng yún | magic cloud |
| 祥瑞 | xiáng ruì | auspicious sign |
| 安祥 | ān xiáng | serene; composed |
| 不祥之兆 | bù xiáng zhī zhào | (idiom) bad omen |
| 发祥 (發祥) | fā xiáng | to give rise to (sth good); to emanate from |
| 龙凤呈祥 (龍鳳呈祥) | lóng fèng chéng xiáng | the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom); auspicious |
English words written with 祥
祥 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 4 · Art of War 1 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 11 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 31
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 55
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 78
- Art of War 11.26
- Mencius 4A.18
- Mencius 4B.17
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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