翔

Translingual

Han character

翔 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿手尸一一 (TQSMM), four-corner 8752₀, composition ⿰羊羽)

Derived characters

• 𦤥

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 956, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28689
• Dae Jaweon: page 1402, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3348, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7FD4

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Chinese

trad.		翔
simp. #		翔

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／形声, OC *ljaŋ) : phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ) + semantic 羽 (“feathers”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiáng (xiang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siông / siâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang²
    • Yale: syáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyang
    • Palladius: сян (sjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴
    • Yale: chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông
    • Tâi-lô: siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng
    • Tâi-lô: siâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: zjang

Rime
Character	翔
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
Baxter	zjang
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[ɢ]aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	翔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiáng
Middle Chinese	‹ zjang ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[ɢ]aŋ/
English	fly back and forth; soar
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	翔
Reading #	1/1
No.	14526
Phonetic component	羊
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	詳
Old Chinese	/*ljaŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 翔

1. to fly; to soar
2. (Internet slang) shit

   吃翔  ―  chīxiáng  ―  to eat shit

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Japanese

Kanji

翔

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. soar

Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: かける (kakeru, 翔る)

Compounds

• 高翔(こうしょう) (kōshō, “soaring high”)

Proper noun

翔(しょう) • (Shō) 

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 翔 (tường)

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