xiāng = xi + ang1
abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China / abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
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How to pronounce 湘

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.

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+ ang1 final

In front of the anglepod.

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湘 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
shuǐ = shu + ei3
"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]
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xiāng = xi + ang1
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])
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xiàng = xi + ang4
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
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Characters with 湘 as component

湘 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 湘

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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

Sentences with 湘

湘 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xiāng

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

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