湘

湘	U+6E58, 湘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E58

Translingual edit

Han character edit

湘 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水木月山 (EDBU), four-corner 3610₀, composition ⿰氵相)

Derived characters edit

𩅪

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 637, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17842
Dae Jaweon: page 1044, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1670, character 4
Unihan data for U+6E58

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.		湘

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 湘
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (相) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
相	slaŋ, slaŋs
廂	*slaŋ
湘	*slaŋ
緗	*slaŋ
箱	*slaŋ
葙	*slaŋ
想	*slaŋʔ
霜	*sraŋ
孀	*sraŋ
鸘	*sraŋ
驦	*sraŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *slaŋ) : semantic 水 + phonetic 相 (OC *slaŋ, *slaŋs).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiāng (Xiang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): soeng¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhiang¹
Gan (Wiktionary): xiong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Siông

(Meixian, Guangdong): xiong¹
Northern Min (KCR): Sióng
Eastern Min (BUC): Siŏng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Siong / Siang

(Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹shian
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sian¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siang
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiang¹
  - Yale: Syāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiang
  - Palladius: Сян (Sjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹
  - Yale: sēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhiang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiaŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: xiong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Siông
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xiong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /siɔŋ⁴⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Sióng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɔŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Siŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siong
  - Tâi-lô: Siong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siang
  - Tâi-lô: Siang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹shian
  - MiniDict: shian^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: sian¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si̯æn³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi̯æn³³/

Middle Chinese: sjang

Rime
Character	湘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息良切
Baxter	sjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/siɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/siɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/siaŋ/
Wang Li	/sĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*slaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湘
Reading #	1/1
No.	13581
Phonetic component	相
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	襄
Old Chinese	/*slaŋ/

Definitions edit

湘

(～江, ～水) Xiang River, an affluent of Dongting Lake
Short for 湖南 (Húnán, “Hunan, a province of China.”).
Xiang; Xiang Chinese
湘語／湘语 ― xiāngyǔ ― Xiang (variety of Chinese)

Compounds edit

湘口 (Xiāngkǒu)
湘君
湘夫人
湘妃
湘妃竹 (xiāngfēizhú)
湘娥
湘戲／湘戏
湘東／湘东 (Xiāngdōng)
湘江 (Xiāng Jiāng)
湘江竹
湘潭 (Xiāngtán)
湘竹 (xiāngzhú)
湘簾／湘帘
湘繡／湘绣
湘纍／湘累
湘蓮／湘莲 (xiānglián)
湘裙
湘語／湘语 (xiāngyǔ)
湘軍／湘军
湘鄉／湘乡 (Xiāngxiāng)
湘鄉派／湘乡派
湘靈／湘灵
瀟湘／潇湘 (Xiāoxiāng)
瀟湘八景／潇湘八景
瀟湘雨／潇湘雨
灕湘／漓湘

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

湘

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings edit

On (unclassified): しょう (shō); そう (sō)
Kun: にる (niru)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

湘 (eumhun 강 이름 상 (gang ireum sang))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

湘: Hán Nôm readings: tương

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