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xiāng = xi + ang1
surname Xiang
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xiāng = xi + ang1
to help / to assist / mutual assistance / to rush into or up / to raise or hold up / high / tall / old variant of 欀 / chariot horse (old) / change (old)
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How to pronounce 襄

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ang1 final

In front of the anglepod.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

襄 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + Ø1
clothes / CL:件[jian4] / Kangxi radical 145
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= y + Ø4
to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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jǐng = ji + (e)ng3
a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly
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= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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Characters with 襄 as component

ráng = r + ang2
sacrifice for avoiding calamity
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xiāng = xi + ang1
ornaments
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ráng = r + ang2
dewy
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Words with 襄

to cooperate in a charity project
to cooperate on a great undertaking or joint project
Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸

Sentences with 襄

襄 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xiāng

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