襄

襄 · xiāng

aid, help, assist; undress

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xiāng
Cantonese
soeng1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

aid, help, assist; undress

Dictionary definitions & readings

襄 Xiāng · surname Xiang

襄 xiāng · (literary) to assist

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53109.120:xiāng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1253.010:xiāng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
401.010:xiāng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xiāng粵soeng1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ジョウ ショウ ソウ ニョウ はらう Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
양:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
息良 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
YRRV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0073.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1123.310 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
175.13 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0730a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8944
Radical
衣 · 145
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6286

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
襄
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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 6556; 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
1219.601
kDaeJaweon
1591.200
kFennIndex
168.01
kGSR
0730a
kHanYu
53109.120
kIRGDaeJaweon
1591.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53109.120
kIRGKangXi
1123.310
kKangXi
1123.310
kLau
2732
kMatthews
2571
kMeyerWempe
2577b
kMorohashi
34556 34556:E0101
kSBGY
175.13
kSMSZD2003Index
633.17 16.25 121.10
kCangjie
YRRV
kFenn
369G
kFourCornerCode
0073.2
kHKGlyph
3723
kMojiJoho
MJ024128 MJ024128:E0101 MJ059302:E0102
kPhonetic
988 1160
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-4F65
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C1B8
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A77
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F8A4
kIRG_KSource
K0-6551
kIRG_TSource
T1-7543
kRSUnicode
145.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C1B8
kCCCII
21577A
kCNS1986
1-7543
kCNS1992
1-7543
kEACC
21577A
kGB0
4769
kGB1
4769
kJis0
7487
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5980
kTGH
2013:6286
kTaiwanTelegraph
5980
kXerox
256:244
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6620+145.6.11
kCantonese
soeng1
kDefinition
aid, help, assist; undress
kFanqie
息良
kHangul
양:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53109.120:xiāng
kJapanese
ジョウ ショウ ソウ ニョウ はらう
kJapaneseKun
NOBORU AGERU TAKAI
kJapaneseOn
JOU SHOU
kKorean
YANG
kMandarin
xiāng
kSMSZD2003Readings
xiāng粵soeng1
kTGHZ2013
401.010:xiāng
kTang
*siɑng
kXHC1983
1253.010:xiāng
kSemanticVariant
U+342E

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
25dictionary records using 襄14forms using this shape6attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱亠𱔞$(GHTJKP)

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