DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

和氣致祥

简和气致祥 · 繁和氣致祥

Mandarin · pinyin hé qì zhì xiáng

(idiom) amiability leads to harmony

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

和: hé · harmony, peace; peaceful, calm
氣: qì · air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit
致: zhì · send, deliver, present; cause
祥: xiáng · good luck, good omen; happiness
气: qì · steam, vapor; Kangxi radical 84

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–4–4–2 · he2 qi4 zhi4 xiang2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

和氣致祥 · find source passages ↗ · 和气致祥 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗