Chinese Character Wiki
襄

xiāng

aid

Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a person reaching out his hands and loosening his shirt to assist in pulling a plow.

Evolution

襄 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
襄 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
襄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
襄 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
襄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

襄  

xiāng

aid, help, assist; undress; 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)

襄  

Xiāng

surname Xiang

Most common words with 襄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

襄

to help

襄阳

Xiangyang district of Xiangfan city 襄樊市[Xiāng​fán​shì], Hubei

襄樊

Xiangfan prefecture level city in Hubei

襄樊市

Xiangfan prefecture level city in Hubei

共襄盛举

to cooperate on a great undertaking or joint project

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

禳

Sound component in 16 characters (2 verified)

讓 孃 囊 嚷 壤 釀 鑲 镶 攘 驤 骧 瓤 穰 禳 曩 蘘

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-naŋ

sjang

xiāng

remove

*s-naŋ

sjang

xiāng

Xiāng (personal name)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2980th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+8944

Shuowen

“襄，漢令：解衣耕謂之襄。从衣，聲。，古文襄。”


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