湘
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abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 水 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 湘
- Common rank
- #1,958
- Unicode
- U+6E58
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
Hunan Province · Heisig RSH #3011
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 湘
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 湘西土家族苗族自治州 | Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] | |
| 湘东区 | Xiangdong, a district of Pingxiang City 萍鄉市|萍乡市[Ping2 xiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi | |
| 湘西州 | see 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] | |
| 临湘市 | Linxiang, a county-level city in Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 湘阴县 | Xiangyin, a county in Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 湘乡市 | Xiangxiang, a county-level city in Xiangtan City 湘潭市[Xiang1 tan2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 湘桥区 | Xiangqiao, a district of Chaozhou City 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong | |
| 湘桂运河 | Hunan-Guangxi Canal, another name for Lingqu 靈渠|灵渠[Ling2 qu2], canal in Xing'an County 興安|… | |
| 湘西 | see 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] | |
| 湘语 | Xiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province | |
| 湘东 | see 湘東區|湘东区[Xiang1 dong1 Qu1] | |
| 湘江 | the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province | |
| 湘军 | Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellio… | |
| 湘菜 | Hunan cuisine | |
| 临湘 | see 臨湘市|临湘市[Lin2 xiang1 Shi4] | |
| 湘阴 | see 湘陰縣|湘阴县[Xiang1 yin1 Xian4] | |
| 湘潭县 | Xiangtan, a county in Xiangtan City 湘潭市[Xiang1 tan2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 湘潭市 | Xiangtan, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] | |
| 蒸湘区 | Zhengxiang, a district of Hengyang City 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 湘乡 | see 湘鄉市|湘乡市[Xiang1 xiang1 Shi4] |
Sound family
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