Chinese Character 湘 Meanings and components.

Form

湘

Meaning

湘 meaning[3] in English

Abbr. For Hunan 湖南 Province In South Central China.

Abbr. For Xiangjiang River In Hunan Province.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 湘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and surname Xiang (相)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EDBU

How to write 湘

To write湘xiang1abbr. for … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 相xiang1surname Xiang arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 相 = 湘

湘 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 湘 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 湘, looks as follow:

湘
Pinyin:xiang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Hunan 湖南 Province In South Central China . Abbr. For Xiangjiang River In Hunan Province
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
相
Pinyin:xiang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiang
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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