翔

翔

翔 U+7FD4, 翔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FD4 ← 翓 [U+7FD3] CJK Unified Ideographs 翕 → [U+7FD5]

Translingual

Han character

翔 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿手尸一一 (TQSMM), four-corner 8752₀, composition ⿰羊羽)

Derived characters

• 𦤥

References

• KangXi: page 956, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28689
• Dae Jaweon: page 1402, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3348, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7FD4

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Chinese

trad.		翔
simp. #		翔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (羊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
样	*ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ
佯	*zlaŋ, *laŋ
詳	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
洋	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
翔	*ljaŋ
庠	*ljaŋ
祥	*ljaŋ
痒	*ljaŋ, *laŋʔ
姜	*klaŋ
羌	*kʰlaŋ
蜣	*kʰlaŋ
猐	*kʰlaŋ
唴	*kʰlaŋs
羊	*laŋ
徉	*laŋ
烊	*laŋ
蛘	*laŋ, *laŋʔ
眻	*laŋ, *laŋs
鴹	*laŋ
恙	*laŋs
羕	*laŋs
樣	*laŋs
漾	*laŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ljaŋ) : phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ) + semantic 羽 (“feathers”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiáng (xiang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siòng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): siông / siâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): xxian (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang²
    • Yale: syáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyang
    • Palladius: сян (sjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴
    • Yale: chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông
    • Tâi-lô: siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng
    • Tâi-lô: siâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xxian (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʑ̥iã²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /zɨɐŋ/

Rime
Character	翔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	似羊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ziaŋ/
Wang Li	/zĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[ɢ]aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	翔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiáng
Middle Chinese	‹ zjang ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[ɢ]aŋ/
English	fly back and forth; soar
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	翔
Reading #	1/1
No.	14526
Phonetic component	羊
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	詳
Old Chinese	/*ljaŋ/

Definitions

翔

1. to fly; to soar
2. (Internet slang) shit

   吃翔  ―  chīxiáng  ―  to eat shit

Compounds

回翔 徊翔 (huáixiáng) 滑翔 (huáxiáng) 滑翔翼 翔佯 (xiángyáng) 翔子 翔安 (Xiáng'ān) 翔步 (xiángbù) 翔洽

翔翔 翔舞 翔集 翱翔 (áoxiáng) 翔踊 滑翔機／滑翔机 (huáxiángjī) 翔實／翔实 (xiángshí) 翔貴／翔贵

翔鳳／翔凤 (Xiángfèng) 翔鴻／翔鸿 迴翔／回翔 飛翔／飞翔 (fēixiáng) 高翔遠引／高翔远引 高飛遠翔／高飞远翔 鸞翔鳳翥／鸾翔凤翥 (luánxiáng fèngzhù) 鸞翔鳳集／鸾翔凤集 (luánxiáng fèngjí)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	翔
Kyūjitai [1]	翔󠄁 翔+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	翔󠄃 翔+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

翔

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. soar

Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō)^{←ざう (zau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: かける (kakeru, 翔る); とぶ (tobu, 翔ぶ)

Compounds

• 高翔(こうしょう) (kōshō, “soaring high”)

Proper noun

翔(しょう) • (Shō) 

1. a male given name

References

1. “翔”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 翔 (MC zɨɐŋ). Recorded as Middle Korean 샤ᇰ (syang) (Yale: syang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource翔 (eumhun 날 상 (nal sang))

1. Hanja form^? of 상 (“soar”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 비상 (飛翔, bisang)
• 고상 (高翔, gosang)
• 활상 (滑翔, hwalsang)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

翔: Hán Nôm readings: tường

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