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Kanji Detail for 祥 - "auspicious, good omen, felicity"
祥
- Meaning
祥 means "auspicious, good omen, felicity."
Auspicious - Bringing good fortune; favorable and lucky.
Good omen - A sign of coming happiness; a positive portent.
Felicity - Great happiness; joyous occasions; blessings.
Memorial - A ceremony marking the end of mourning.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
auspicious; happiness; blessedness; good omen; good fortune
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
good luck, good omen; happiness
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
auspicious; propitious
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
happiness, good fortune; auspicious
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An omen. Anciently both auspicious and inauspicious omens were called 祥. Now specifically auspicious omens are called 祥. Inauspicious omens are called 不祥. | A mourning sacrifice name. In three years of mourning, after one year is 小祥 (lesser auspicious). After another year is 大祥 (greater auspicious). Seen in (Record of Rites).
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