祥

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auspicious; propitious

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

礻 meaning “spirit” + 羊 sound ( yáng )

Components 礻羊

propitious · Heisig RSH #2163

altar + 羊 sheep

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大祥区	Dà xiáng Qū	Daxiang, a district of Shaoyang City 邵陽市\|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
发祥地	fā xiáng dì	the birthplace (of sth good); the cradle (e.g. of art)
文天祥	Wén Tiān xiáng	Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol…
和气致祥	hé qì zhì xiáng	(idiom) amiability leads to harmony
祥云县	Xiáng yún Xiàn	Xiangyun, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zho…
吉祥物	jí xiáng wù	mascot
罗志祥	Luó Zhì xiáng	Luo Zhixiang or Show Luo or Alan Luo (1979-), Taiwanese pop star
钟祥市	Zhōng xiáng Shì	Zhongxiang, a county-level city in Jingmen City 荊門市\|荆门市[Jing1 men2 Shi4], Hubei
不祥	bù xiáng	ominous; inauspicious
大祥	Dà xiáng	see 大祥區\|大祥区[Da4 xiang2 Qu1]
安祥	ān xiáng	serene; composed; unruffled
发祥	fā xiáng	to give rise to (sth good); to emanate from
祥符区	Xiáng fú Qū	Xiangfu, a district of Kaifeng City 開封市\|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan
祥光	xiáng guāng	auspicious light
祥和	xiáng hé	auspicious and peaceful
嘉祥县	Jiā xiáng Xiàn	Jiaxiang, a county in Jining City 濟寧市\|济宁市[Ji3 ning2 Shi4], Shandong
不祥之兆	bù xiáng zhī zhào	(idiom) bad omen
祥云	Xiáng yún	see 祥雲縣\|祥云县[Xiang2 yun2 Xian4]
祥云	xiáng yún	magic cloud
陆征祥	Lù Zhēng xiáng	Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk

Characters sharing the sound component 羊 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
羊 sound part	yáng	sheep, goat
洋	yáng	sea, ocean; western, foreign
养	yǎng	to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
样	yàng	form, pattern, shape, style
氧	yǎng	oxygen
鲜	xiān	fresh; delicious; attractive
痒	yǎng	to itch; to tickle
详	xiáng	complete, detailed, thorough
翔	xiáng	to soar, to hover, to glide
羌	qiāng	Qiang nationality; surname
恙	yàng	illness, sickness; indisposition
羟	qiǎng	hydroxide
佯	yáng	to pretend, to feign; false, deceitful
徉	yáng	to wander, to stray, to roam; to hesitate
烊	yáng	to smelt; to close for the night
庠	xiáng	village school; teach
羰	tāng	carbonyl group
蛘	yáng	rice weevil