相

2 readings · tap one to hear it

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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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To stare 目 at a tree 木, meaning to observe

Components 木目

one another · Heisig RSH #212

木 tree + 目 eye

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
相山区	Xiàng shān Qū	Xiangshan, a district of Huaibei City 淮北市[Huai2 bei3 Shi4], Anhui
人相学	rén xiàng xué	physiognomy (judgment of a person's fate, character etc, based on facial features)
白相人	bái xiàng rén	(dialect) rogue; hoodlum
不相上下	bù xiāng shàng xià	equally matched; about the same
人相	rén xiàng	physiognomy
相山	Xiàng shān	see 相山區\|相山区[Xiang4 shan1 Qu1]
水相	shuǐ xiàng	aqueous solution
相国	xiàng guó	prime minister (in ancient China)
相安无事	xiāng ān wú shì	(idiom) to live together in harmony
相中	xiāng zhòng	to find to one's taste; to pick (after looking at); Taiwan pr. [xiang4 zhong4]
相机行事	xiàng jī xíng shì	to act as circumstances dictate (idiom)
相生	xiāng shēng	to engender one another
车头相	chē tóu xiàng	photo attached to the front of a hearse in a funeral procession
有无相通	yǒu wú xiāng tōng	see 互通有無\|互通有无[hu4 tong1 you3 wu2]
自相	zì xiāng	mutual; each other; one another; self-
相城区	Xiàng chéng Qū	Xiangcheng, a district of Suzhou City 蘇州市\|苏州市[Su1 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
大不相同	dà bù xiāng tóng	not at all the same; substantially different
海相	hǎi xiàng	marine facies (geology)
相机	xiàng jī	camera (abbr. for 照相機\|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1]); at the opportune moment; as the circumstance…
上相	shàng xiàng	photogenic; (old) high official

These characters use 相 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
相 sound part	xiāng	mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
想	xiǎng	to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think
箱	xiāng	box, case; chest, trunk
霜	shuāng	frost; frozen, crystallized, candied
湘	xiāng	Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river
厢	xiāng	side-room, wing; theatre box
葙	xiāng	feather cockscomb; Celosia argentea
缃	xiāng	light-yellow color