懂中文 Dong Chinese

湘

xiāng

Hunan province

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 相 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

相 sound component

相  Sound component

xiāng, xiàng

  

mutual

Evolution

湘 Bronze script Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
湘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
湘 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
湘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

湘  

xiāng

Hunan province

湘  

Xiāng

abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

Most common words with 湘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

湘

abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

潇湘

other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江[Xiāng​jiāng] in Hunan province

湘江

the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

湘潭

Xiangtan prefecture level city in Hunan

湘军

Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion