橡 (xiàng): oak, Quercus serrata
橡 (xiàng) is a Chinese character meaning “oak.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 象 (phonetic). It ranks #2677 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 橡 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- oak
- Quercus serrata
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 橡
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 橡胶 | xiàng jiāo | rubber |
| 橡树 | xiàng shù | oak |
| 橡木 | xiàng mù | oaken |
| 橡皮筋 | xiàng pí jīn | rubber band |
| 橡皮艇 | xiàng pí tǐng | rubber dinghy |
| 橡皮擦 | xiàng pí cā | eraser |
| 橡实 | xiàng shí | acorn |
| 橡胶树 | xiàng jiāo shù | rubber tree |
| 橡皮膏 | xiàng pí gāo | sticking plaster |
| 橡皮泥 | xiàng pí ní | plasticine |
| 合成橡胶 | hé chéng xiàng jiāo | synthetic rubber |
| 氯丁橡胶 | lǜ dīng xiàng jiāo | neoprene |
| 硅橡胶 | guī xiàng jiāo | silicone rubber |
| 橡子面儿 | xiàng zi miàn r | erhua variant of 橡子麵|橡子面[xiang4 zi5 mian4] |
| 橡子面 | xiàng zi miàn | acorn flour |
橡 appears in 24 compound words: 71 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 橡 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 橡.
Example Sentences
工人们正在砍伐病橡，防止虫害蔓延。
gōng rén men zhēng zài kǎn fá bìng xiàng , fáng zhǐ chóng hài mán yán .
Workers are cutting down diseased oak trees to prevent the spread of pests.
原油飙升推高塑料与橡胶成本 汽车零组件毛利同步承压
yuán yóu biāo shēng tuī gāo sù liào yǔ xiàng jiāo chéng běn qì chē líng zǔ jiàn máo lì tóng bù chéng yā
Surge in crude oil prices drives up costs for plastics and rubber, putting pressure on margins for auto parts
盘中速报 - 钜橡(8074)大涨7.11%,报66.3元
pán zhōng sù bào 钜 xiàng ( 8 0 7 4 ) dà zhǎng 7 . 1 1 , bào 6 6 . 3 yuán
Intraday Update - Ju Xiang (8074) surges 7.11% to 66.3 yuan
橡树的果实是什么？
Xiàngshù de guǒshí shì shénme?
What is the fruit of the oak?
把扑克牌放在橡木桌上。
Bǎ pūkèpái fàng zài xiàngmù zhuō shàng.
Place the deck of cards on the oaken table.
饥饿的猪梦到橡树子。
Jī'è de zhū mèngdào xiàngshù zǐ.
A hungry pig dreams of acorns.
用你的橡皮把这些字擦掉。
Yòng nǐ de xiàngpí bǎ zhèxiē zì cādiào.
Rub out these words with your eraser.
橡皮不硬：它在压力下会变形。
Xiàngpí bù yìng: tā zài yālì xià huì biànxíng.
Rubber is not hard: it gives way to pressure.
橡皮擦掉地上就很难找到了。
Xiàngpícā diào dìshang jiù hěn nán zhǎodào le.
It's hard to find an eraser that's on the floor.
一粒小小的橡实可以长成一棵高大的橡树。
Yī lì xiǎoxiǎo de xiàngshí kěyǐ zhǎngchéng yī kē gāodà de xiàngshù.
From a small acorn grows a tall oak tree.
Character Family
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