祥 (xiáng): auspicious, propitious
祥 (xiáng) is a Chinese character meaning “auspicious.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 礻 (semantic) and 羊 (phonetic). It ranks #1661 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 祥 spirit. Its radical form 礻 (spirit) appears in many related characters such as 票 (piào, ticket), 视 (shì, (literary, or bound form) to look at), 示 (shì, to show).
Definitions
- auspicious
- propitious
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 祥
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吉祥物 | jí xiáng wù | mascot |
| 不祥 | bù xiáng | ominous |
| 祥和 | xiáng hé | auspicious and peaceful |
| 慈祥 | cí xiáng | kindly |
| 发祥地 | fā xiáng dì | the birthplace (of sth good) |
| 不祥之兆 | bù xiáng zhī zhào | (idiom) bad omen |
| 安祥 | ān xiáng | serene |
| 罗志祥 | luó zhì xiáng | Luo Zhixiang or Show Luo or Alan Luo (1979-), Taiwanese pop star |
| 祥云 | xiáng yún | magic cloud |
| 龙凤呈祥 | lóng fèng chéng xiáng | the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom) |
| 和气致祥 | hé qì zhì xiáng | (idiom) amiability leads to harmony |
| 文天祥 | wén tiān xiáng | Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in Jiangxi in 1275 |
| 大祥区 | dà xiáng qū | Daxiang, a district of Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 大祥 | dà xiáng | see 大祥區|大祥区[Da4 xiang2 Qu1] |
| 发祥 | fā xiáng | to give rise to (sth good) |
祥 appears in 29 compound words: 17 as the first character, 52 as the last, and 31 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 祥 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
写好祥字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo xiáng zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "祥" correctly, one must master the proper stroke order.
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Character Family
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