襄

See also: 㐮

襄 U+8944, 襄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8944 ← 襃 [U+8943] CJK Unified Ideographs 襅 → [U+8945]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

襄 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口口女 (YRRV), four-corner 0073₂, composition ⿳亠⿱吅𠀎𧘇)

Derived characters

• 儴, 嚷, 壤, 孃, 㠤, 𢐿, 忀, 懹, 攘, 瀼, 獽, 𨽢, 𪱒, 欀, 𣩽, 爙, 瓖, 䑋, 禳, 𤬞, 𤰂, 𥗝, 穰, 𧟄, 𥽬, 纕(𬙋), 蠰, 讓, 躟, 釀, 𨳃, 鑲(镶), 𬰰, 饟(𫗵), 驤(骧), 𪊊, 𪓃, 𡗑
• 勷, 𨟚, 𣰶, 𣀮, 𭤑, 𣤸, 瓤, 𥀶, 蘘, 曩, 䉴, 𩆶, 鬤

Descendants

• 㐮

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1123, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34556
• Dae Jaweon: page 1591, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3109, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8944

Chinese

simp. and trad.		襄
alternative forms		㐮 勷 to accomplish

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 襄
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
囊	*naːŋ
蠰	*naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
曩	*naːŋʔ
灢	*naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
儾	*naːŋs
孃	*naŋ, *njaŋ
瓤	*naŋ, *njaŋ
鑲	*naŋ, *njaŋ
釀	*naŋs
瓖	*snaŋ, *snaŋ
驤	*snaŋ
襄	*snaŋ
纕	*snaŋ
忀	*snaŋ
欀	*snaŋ, *njaŋs
饟	*hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
攘	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
禳	*njaŋ
穰	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
躟	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
瀼	*njaŋ
獽	*njaŋ
儴	*njaŋ
蘘	*njaŋ
鬤	*njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
勷	*njaŋ
壤	*njaŋʔ
嚷	*njaŋʔ
讓	*njaŋs
懹	*njaŋs
攮	*rnoːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *snaŋ) : phonetic 𤕦 () + semantic 衣 (Li Xueqin, 2012).

Etymology

“to remove”

From *s- (“causative”) + 攘 (OC *naŋ, “to steal; to expel”) (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāng (xiang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): xiong¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): siông

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiong¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): xion¹
• Northern Min (KCR): sióng
• Eastern Min (BUC): siŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siong / siang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shian
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sian¹

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• 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/
• 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/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xion¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiɒ̃¹¹/
• 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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong
    • Tâi-lô: siong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /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
  • (Northern: 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/

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• Middle Chinese: sjang

Rime
Character	襄
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

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-naŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*snaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	襄	襄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāng	xiāng
Middle Chinese	‹ sjang ›	‹ sjang ›
Old Chinese	/*s-naŋ/	/*s-naŋ/
English	remove	Xiāng (personal name)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	襄
Reading #	1/1
No.	13620
Phonetic component	襄
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	襄
Old Chinese	/*snaŋ/
Notes	從衣，中從饟之初文得聲

Definitions

襄

1. (literary) to aid; to help; to assist
2. (literary) to accomplish; to achieve; to complete
3. (literary) to remove

   • 牆有茨，不可襄也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     墙有茨，不可襄也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qiáng yǒu cí, bùkě xiāng yě. [Pinyin]

     The tribulus grow on the wall,
     And cannot be removed.

4. (literary) to raise up; to ascend over
5. (literary) tall; high
6. Alternative form of 驤／骧 (xiāng)
7. Alternative form of 攘
8. a surname

Compounds

• 七襄
• 上襄
• 三襄夷
• 允襄
• 公襄
• 共襄盛舉／共襄盛举 (gòngxiāngshèngjǔ)
• 劻襄
• 匡襄
• 夔襄
• 孟襄陽／孟襄阳
• 宋襄之仁 (sòngxiāngzhīrén)
• 宋襄公
• 定襄 (Dìngxiāng)
• 屏襄門／屏襄门 (Píngxiāngmén)
• 懷山襄陵／怀山襄陵
• 懷襄／怀襄
• 文襄
• 朱襄
• 楚襄
• 磬襄
• 秦襄公
• 米襄陽／米襄阳
• 襄事
• 襄助 (xiāngzhù)
• 襄城 (Xiāngchéng)
• 襄尺
• 襄州 (Xiāngzhōu)
• 襄樊 (Xiāngfán)
• 襄樣節度／襄样节度
• 襄河
• 襄王夢／襄王梦
• 襄理
• 襄禮／襄礼
• 襄羊
• 襄贊／襄赞
• 襄辦／襄办 (xiāngbàn)
• 襄野
• 襄鐘／襄钟
• 襄陵
• 襄陽／襄阳 (Xiāngyáng)
• 襄陽砲／襄阳炮
• 襄點／襄点
• 贊襄／赞襄 (zànxiāng)
• 雲起龍襄／云起龙襄
• 頃襄／顷襄
• 馮襄／冯襄
• 龍襄／龙襄

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	㐮
Kyūjitai	襄

Kanji

襄

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 㐮)

1. To rise; raise

Readings

• On (unclassified): じょう (jō); しょう (shō)
• Kun: のぼる (noboru); あげる (ageru); たかい (takai)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi); のぼり (nobori); のぼる (noboru); ゆずる (yuzuru)

Korean

Hanja

襄 (eumhun 도울 양 (doul yang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

襄: Hán Nôm readings: tương

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