葙

葙 · xiāng

feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xiāng
Cantonese
soeng1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)

Dictionary definitions & readings

葙 xiāng · see 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53244.050:xiāng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1255.020:xiāng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
400.140:xiāng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xiāng粵soeng1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ショウ ソウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
息良 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TDBU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4496.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1045.040 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
175.25 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8459
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7304

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

12 strokes
葙
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
sjang · 息良 · 宕開三平陽心 · #819

PHONO-ML, source line 6567; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1156.303
kDaeJaweon
1506.030
kHanYu
53244.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1506.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53244.050
kIRGKangXi
1045.040
kKangXi
1045.040
kMorohashi
31414:E0102
kSBGY
175.25
kSMSZD2003Index
591.11
kCangjie
TDBU
kFourCornerCode
4496.0
kMojiJoho
MJ022330 MJ022330:E0101 MJ022331:E0102
kPhonetic
1165*
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5D59
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DFB9
kIRG_JSource
J14-764B
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6E91
kIRG_KSource
K2-585F
kIRG_TSource
T2-465E
kRSUnicode
140.9
kTotalStrokes
12
kBigFive
DFB9
kCCCII
232266
kCNS1986
2-465E
kCNS1992
2-465E
kEACC
232266
kGB0
6157
kGB1
6157
kJIS0213
2,86,43
kJis1
5657
kTGH
2013:7304
kXerox
321:073
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18512+140.3.9
kCantonese
soeng1
kDefinition
feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
kFanqie
息良
kHanyuPinyin
53244.050:xiāng
kJapanese
ショウ ソウ
kJapaneseKun
NOGEITOU
kJapaneseOn
SHOU SOU
kMandarin
xiāng
kSMSZD2003Readings
xiāng粵soeng1
kTGHZ2013
400.140:xiāng
kXHC1983
1255.020:xiāng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 葙0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 相 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹相$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹相$(GHTJKP)

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