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Kanji Detail for 湘 - "xiang river"

湘

  • Meaning

    湘 means "xiang river." Also associated with shoukou.

    1. Xiang River - A river in China.

    2. Chinese geography - A place name element.

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    • Verified meaning: xiang river
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かつしま, かつじま, かつた, かつだ)
    • Also carries these associations: shoukou

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 湘

    Given names 湘(しょう)Listen

    Surnames 湘(かつしま)Listen 湘(かつじま)Listen 湘(かつた)Listen 湘(かつだ)Listen 湘(かつのぶ)Listen 湘(かつのり)Listen 湘(しょうた)Listen 湘(しょうだ)Listen 湘(すぐた)Listen 湘(まさと)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    name of Chinese river; the Sagami river

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    alternate name for Hunan

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A river name. A great river of Hunan Province. Originates from Haiyang Mountain in Lingchuan County, Guangxi. Flows northeast into Hunan, passes through Changsha, and enters Dongting Lake at Xiangyin County. Today Hunan Province is also called Xiang Province.

  • Onyomi

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    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    xiang river shoukou hunan river water flow stream tributary china landscape scenery

Sentences including 湘

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