祥

祥	U+7965, 祥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7965

← 祤
[U+7964]

CJK Unified Ideographs

祦 →
[U+7966]

祥	U+FA1A, 祥 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA1A

← 神
[U+FA19]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

福 →
[U+FA1B]

Translingual

Han character

祥 (radical 113, 示+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火廿手 (IFTQ), four-corner 3825₁, composition ⿰礻羊(GHTJ) or ⿰示羊(K or U+FA1A)

Derived characters

㬕, 䔗

References

KangXi: page 842, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24689
Dae Jaweon: page 1262, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2398, character 1
Unihan data for U+7965

Unihan data for U+FA1A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		祥

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) : semantic 示 (“altar”) + phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiáng (xiang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siòng
Min Bei (KCR): ciǒng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): siông

(Teochew, Peng'im): siang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˊ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyang
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴
  - Yale: chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong²
  - IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ciǒng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siɔŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông
  - Tâi-lô: siông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâng
  - IPA ^(key): /siaŋ⁵⁵/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 祥
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕiɑŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕiaŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕiɑŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ɕiaŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/siaŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/siaŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ɕiaŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/ɕiɔ̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕʰiɑŋ⁵³/ /ɕiɑŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ɕiɑ̃⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ɕiaŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕʰiã̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕʰiɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕiɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ɕiɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ɕiɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦiã²³/
	Suzhou	/ziã¹³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡ʑiɑŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ji³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sʰiau⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sian¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/d͡zian¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕiɔŋ⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/sioŋ¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/sioŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰœŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰœŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰœŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/siɔŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/suoŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡siɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/siaŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/siaŋ³¹/

Middle Chinese: /zɨɐŋ/▼

Rime
Character	祥
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

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s.ɢaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ljaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiáng
Middle Chinese	‹ zjang ›
Old Chinese	/*s.ɢaŋ/
English	auspicious
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	祥
Reading #	1/1
No.	14528
Phonetic component	羊
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	詳
Old Chinese	/*ljaŋ/

Definitions

祥

good luck, good omen, auspicious

Compounds

不祥 (bùxiáng)
不祥之兆 (bùxiángzhīzhào)
五色祥雲／五色祥云
佳兵不祥
南極呈祥／南极呈祥
吉祥 (jíxiáng)
吉祥如意
吉祥止止
吉祥物 (jíxiángwù)
和氣致祥／和气致祥
國家祥瑞／国家祥瑞
大祥
天祥
妖祥
小祥
慈祥 (cíxiáng)

松祥 (Sōngxiáng)
桃灼呈祥
災祥／灾祥
熊羆之祥／熊罴之祥
王祥臥冰／王祥卧冰
瑞氣祥雲／瑞气祥云
發祥／发祥 (fāxiáng)
發祥地／发祥地 (fāxiángdì)
祅祥
祥光
祥刑
祥和 (xiánghé)
祥瑞 (xiángruì)
祥符
祥金
祥雲／祥云 (xiángyún)

祥雲瑞彩／祥云瑞彩 (Xiáng yún ruì cǎi)
祥雲瑞氣／祥云瑞气
祥風慶雲／祥风庆云
祥麟
祥麟威鳳／祥麟威凤
祥麟瑞鳳／祥麟瑞凤
祺祥
禎祥／祯祥 (zhēnxiáng)
禨祥
美祥
遇難成祥／遇难成祥
鍾祥／钟祥 (Zhōngxiáng)
降祥
麟趾呈祥
龍鳳呈祥／龙凤呈祥 (lóngfèngchéngxiáng)

Japanese

Kanji

祥

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ぞう (zō)^{←ざう (zau, historical)}
Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
Kun: きざし (kizashi, 祥し); さいわい (saiwai, 祥い)^{←さいはひ (saifafi, historical)}; さが (saga, 祥); さち (sachi, 祥)
Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); さか (saka); さき (saki); さむ (samu); ただ (tada); なが (naga); ひろ (hiro); やす (yasu); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

祥 (しょう)雲 (うん) (shōun)
祥 (しょう)気 (き) (shōki)
祥 (しょう)忌 (き) (shōki)
祥 (しょう)慶 (けい) (shōkei)
祥瑞 (しょうずい) (shōzui)
嘉 (か)祥 (しょう) (kashō)
吉 (きち)祥 (じょう) (kichijō), 吉 (きっ)祥 (しょう) (kisshō)
休 (きゅう)祥 (しょう) (kyūshō)
錦 (きん)祥 (しょう)女 (じょ) (Kinshōjo)
災祥 (さいしょう) (saishō)
小 (しょう)祥 (しょう)忌 (き) (shōshōki), 小 (しょう)祥 (しょう) (shōshō)
瑞祥 (ずいしょう) (zuishō)
清 (せい)祥 (しょう) (seishō)
善 (ぜん)祥 (しょう) (zenshō)
多 (た)祥 (しょう) (tashō)
大祥忌 (だいしょうき) (daishōki), 大祥 (だいしょう) (daishō)
発 (はっ)祥 (しょう) (hasshō)
不 (ふ)祥 (しょう) (fushō)
福 (ふく)祥 (しょう) (fukushō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
祥
しょう Grade: S
kan’on

/sɨau/ → /sʲɨɔː/ → /sjɔː/ → /sjoː/

From Middle Chinese 祥 (MC zɨɐŋ).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) しょー [shóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Noun

祥 (hiragana しょう, rōmaji shō, historical hiragana しやう)

a omen of good fortune or happiness
Synonyms: 吉兆 (kitchō), 瑞兆 (zuichō)
a sign of good or bad luck
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Derived terms

祥 (しょう)月 (つき) (shōtsuki)

Proper noun

祥 (hiragana しょう, rōmaji Shō, historical hiragana しやう)

a female given name
a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
祥
さが Grade: S
kun’yomi

Attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]

Cognate with 性 (saga, “one's nature, destiny”).[1]

Alternative forms

前兆

Noun

祥 (hiragana さが, rōmaji saga)

(archaic) a sign, omen

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

祥 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang, Yale sang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

祥 (tường)

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN