Xiangfu

See also: xiāngfú, xiāngfù, xiángfú, xiàngfū, and xiàngfǔ

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 祥符.

Proper noun

Xiangfu

1. A district of Kaifeng, Henan, China.
   • 1998, Donald Daniel Leslie, “Chinese Native Sources”, in Jews and Judaism in Traditional China: A Comprehensive Bibliography (Monumenta Serica Monograph Series)‎^[1], volume XLIV, Nettetal, Germany: Steyler Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 42:

     The local gazetteers of Xiangfu district, Kaifeng prefecture, and Henan province⁵ mention a surprisingly large number of Kaifeng Jews and their successes in Chinese society with dates.

   • 2017 March 30, “BRIEF-China Fortune Land Development signs MoU with local government”, in Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 31 July 2022, Financials‎^[3]:

     China Fortune Land Development Co Ltd :
     * Says it signs MoU with government of Xiangfu District, Kaifeng City to provide development, construction and operation service within the fields authorized by the government

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 祥符

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Xiangfu, Hsiang-fu, Hsiangfu at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• fugaxin