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xiāng

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xiāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāng | xiang1
English translation
fragrant, aromatic; the smell of herbs

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About xiāng

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

xiāng

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

herb

Etymology of xiāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹乡

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

xiāng

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Words with xiāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiāng fragrant xiāng
芗剧 Xiāng jù variety of opera popular in southern Fujian and Taiwan薌劇
芗城区 Xiāng chéng qū Xiangcheng district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市 Zhāng zhōu shì [Zhāng​zhōu​shì], Fujian薌城區

xiāng Decomposition & Compounds

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