相 (xiāng): meaning and stroke order
相 (xiāng) means each other, one another, mutually.
相
- Simplified
- 相
- Traditional
- 相 (same form)
- Pinyin
- xiāng · xiàng
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Stroke order of 相
相
- Xiāng surname Xiang
- xiāng each other; one another
- xiàng appearance; portrait
- 9 strokes
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Meaning of 相
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xiāng
- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
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Xiāng
- surname Xiang
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xiàng
- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
Radical and structure
- 相
- Radical 目 (Kangxi radical 109) · 9 strokes · 木 on the left, 目 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 相
- 相会 xiāng huì to meet together
- 相反 xiāng fǎn opposite; contrary
- 相对 xiāng duì relatively; opposite
- 相信 xiāng xìn to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- 相爱 xiāng ài to love each other
- 真相 zhēn xiàng the truth about sth; the actual facts
- 相识 xiāng shí to get to know each other; acquaintance
- 互相 hù xiāng each other; mutually
- 相遇 xiāng yù to meet; to encounter
- 相册 xiàng cè photo album
- 宰相 zǎi xiàng prime minister (in feudal China)
- 相比之下 xiāng bǐ zhī xià by comparison
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).