相 in English xiang4 Meaning

Meanings

  • appearance
  • portrait
  • picture
  • government minister
  • (physics) phase
  • (literary) to appraise (particularly by scrutinizing physical features)
  • to read somebody's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry and so on)

Simplified Characters

Traditional Characters

Pinyin

xiang4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

xiang1surname Xiang