吉祥 jíxiáng

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Traditional form

吉祥 jíxiáng

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

吉 Jí

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Based on the original meaning "authority" or "respect" given to scholars (士 Shì ). The meaning later shifted to "lucky".

Positional decomposition

⿱士口

Number of Strokes

祥 xiáng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 shì represents the meaning and 羊 Yáng represents the sound. In ancient China sheep (羊 Yáng ) were associated with goodness and fortune, which is why 羊 Yáng is a component in characters like 美 Měi (beautiful), 祥 xiáng (auspicious), 善 shàn (benevolent), and 義 yì (justi

Phonetic compound

羊 Yáng

Semantic compound

礻 shì

Positional decomposition

⿰礻羊

Number of Strokes

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认为 rènwéi 黑 Hēi 猫 māo 不 bù 吉祥 jíxiáng 是 shì 一 yī 种 zhǒng 很 hěn 普遍 pǔbiàn 的 de 迷信 míxìn .

It's a common superstition that black cats are unlucky.

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 吉祥 jíxiáng and their own compounds.

吉 Jí

士 Shì , 口 kǒu

祥 xiáng

羊 Yáng , 礻 shì

See all 97 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 吉祥 jíxiáng in their composition.

吉 Jí

周 Zhōu

调 diào , 雕 diāo , 绸 chóu , 凋 diāo , 碉 diāo , 稠 chóu , 鲷 diāo , 倜 tì , 惆 chóu , 啁 zhāo , 婤 zhōu , 琱 diāo , 禂 dǎo , 蜩 tiáo , 裯 chóu , 赒 zhōu , 騆 zhōu , 奝, 徟, 晭, 淍, 皗, 睭, 綢 chóu , 翢, 調 diào , 賙 zhōu , 輖, 週 zhōu , 郮, 錭, 霌, 鯛 diāo , 鵰 diāo

臺 tái

儓 tái , 擡 tái , 薹 tái , 嬯, 懛, 檯 tái , 籉

袁 yuán

遠 yuǎn

薳 tuǒ , 闧

猿 yuán , 辕 yuán , 瞏 qióng , 園 yuán , 媴, 榬, 溒, 褤, 轅 yuán , 鎱

颉 jié

撷 xié , 缬 xié

舎 shè

舗 pù

頡 jié

襭 xié , 擷 xié , 纈 xié

结 jiē , 洁 jié , 嘉 Jiā , 桔 jié , 喆 zhé , 诘 jí , 拮 jié , 髻 jì , 黠 xiá , 秸 jiē , 佶 jí , 劼 jié , 咭 jī , 嚞 zhé , 姞 Jí , 椆 chóu , 蛣 jié , 袺 jié , 鲒 jié , 夡, 恄, 欯, 狤, 硈, 祮, 結 jié , 翓, 聐, 詰 jí , 趌, 迼, 郆, 銡, 鐑, 鞊, 鮚, 鴶