巷 - Dong Chinese dictionary

xiàng

alley

Phonosemantic compound. 邑 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound.

Components

gòng

together with

巷 and 共 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.巷 /*C.[g]ˤroŋ-s/
共 /*N-k(r)oŋʔ-s/

邑 Meaning Remnant component

yì

city

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

巷

xiàng

alley, lane; lane; alley

Most common words with 巷

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	巷	lane
	小巷	alley
	巷子	alley
	大街小巷	great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
	街头巷尾	top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city