abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China / abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

湘 character breakdown

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.
surname Xiang
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

= + : I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Marie Curie portrays an ent in the anglepod's bathroom. Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree. The Eye of Providence enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait. The Eye of Providence asks Marie Curie how much she wants to have for the painting, but Marie Curie just wonders if the Eye of Providence is made from Radium, because it radiates so much.

Characters with 湘 as component

湘 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 湘

the cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui (the eight major cuisines of China 八大菜系[ba1 da4 cai4 xi4])
Liang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan
Xiang opera (Hunan)
Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
same as 斑竹[ban1 zhu2], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜[Shun4] concubines (Ehuang 娥皇[E2 huang2] and Nüying 女英[Nü3 ying1], known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃[Xiang1 Fei1]) upon learning of his death
Xiangdong district of Pingxiang city 萍鄉市|萍乡市, Jiangxi
Xiangdong district of Pingxiang city 萍鄉市|萍乡市, Jiangxi
Hunan-Guangxi Canal, another name for Lingqu 靈渠|灵渠[Ling2 qu2], canal in Xing'an County 興安|兴安[Xing1 an1], Guangxi
Xiangqiao district of Chaozhou City 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong
Xiangqiao District of Chaozhou City 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong

Sentences with 湘

湘 currently does not appear in any sentence.