Chinese Character 祥 Meanings and components.

Form

祥

Meaning

祥 meaning[3] in English

Auspicious.

Propitious.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 祥 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (礻) , and surname Yang (羊)

Its radical[1] is: 示 (shi4) which means: To Show, To Reveal, .示shi4to show

In cangjie it is written with IFTQ

How to write 祥

To write祥xiang2auspicious you should write a combination of 礻shi4 , 羊yang2surname Yang arranged in a 吅 shape:

礻 + 羊 = 祥

祥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

祥
Pinyin:xiang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Auspicious . Propitious
礻
Pinyin:shi4
羊
Pinyin:yang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yang

Notes

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

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

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