翔 — Chinese character
翔
xiáng
to soar, to hover, to glide
- Pinyin
- xiáng
- Radical
- 124 ⽻ (Feather)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 羊 羽
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wings; meaning component 羽; sound component 羊
- Japanese
- 翔 as a kanji
Common words with 翔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飞翔 (飛翔) | fēi xiáng | to circle in the air; to soar |
| 翔实 (翔實) | xiáng shí | complete and accurate |
| 翱翔 | áo xiáng | to soar; to wheel about in the sky |
| 滑翔 | huá xiáng | to glide |
| 滑翔机 (滑翔機) | huá xiáng jī | glider |
| 滑翔伞 (滑翔傘) | huá xiáng sǎn | paraglider (equipment); paragliding (sport) |
| 滑翔翼 | huá xiáng yì | hang glider (equipment); hang gliding (sport) |
| 遨翔 | áo xiáng | variant of 翱翔 (áo xiáng) |
| 翔回 | xiáng huí | to circle (in the sky) |
| 鸾翔凤翥 (鸞翔鳳翥) | luán xiáng fèng zhù | (of calligraphy) full of power and grace |
| 鸾翔凤集 (鸞翔鳳集) | luán xiáng fèng jí | lit. firebird and phoenix come together (idiom); fig. a gathering of eminent people |
English words written with 翔
翔 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Zhuangzi 2
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