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U+7965

Seal script

Alternate form

Radical:+ 6 strokes = 11 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.171#29 Kangxi: p.842#16 GSR: 732.n Hanyu: v4,p2398#01
Composition:Left: , right: . Component of:
Mandarin:xiáng ㄒㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese:coeng4
Tang reconstruction:ziɑng
Shuowen:示部》祥:福也。从示羊聲。一云善。
Guangyun:廣韻·下平聲··》祥:吉也,善也。
Kangxi:康熙字典·示部·》祥:《唐韻》似羊切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》徐羊切,𠀤音詳。《說文》福也。一云善也。《禮·禮運》是謂大祥。《·泰誓》襲于休祥。又凡吉凶之兆皆曰祥。《徐鉉曰》祥,詳也。天欲降以禍福,先以吉凶之兆詳審告悟之也。《前漢·五行志》妖孽自外來謂之祥。《左傳·昭十八年》鄭之未災也,里析曰:將有大祥。《註》祥,變異之氣。《疏》祥者,善惡之徵。中庸必有禎祥,吉祥也。必有妖孽,凶祥也。則祥是善事,而析以災爲祥者,對文言耳。書序:亳有祥桑。五行傳:時有靑眚靑祥,白眚白祥之類,皆以惡徵爲祥。是祥有善有惡,故杜云變異之氣。又祭名。《禮·閒傳》父母之喪期而小祥,又期而大祥。《疏》大祥二十五月。又通詳。《史記·自序》隂陽之術大祥。《漢書》作詳。
Fanqie:似羊 (《廣韻·下平聲··》)
Unihan definition:good luck, good omen; happiness

CTP Dictionary


xiáng ㄒㄧㄤˊ (1.1): 吉凶的徵兆。 Omen, fateful sign.
管子·樞言》:天以時使,地以材使,人以德使,鬼神以使,禽獸以力使。
xiáng ㄒㄧㄤˊ (1.2): 特指吉兆。 Good omen, lucky sign.
詩經·斯干》:維熊維羆、男子之
The bears and grisly bears, Are the auspicious intimations of sons.
xiáng ㄒㄧㄤˊ (1.3): 特指凶兆。 Bad omen, unlucky sign.
史記·殷本紀》:亳有桑谷共生於朝,一暮大拱。
When there were omens in Bo, for a mulberry tree and a stalk of grain grew up together in the court. They attained full size in one evening.
尚書·咸有一德》:伊陟相大戊,亳有桑谷共生于朝。
xiáng ㄒㄧㄤˊ (1.4): 吉凶迷信。 Belief in omens.
孫子兵法·九地》:是故,其兵不修而戒,不求而得,不約而親,不令而信,禁去疑,至死無所之。
If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.
xiáng ㄒㄧㄤˊ (2.1): 福,吉利。 Good fortune.
尚書·伊訓》:惟上帝不常,作善降之百,作不善降之百殃。
(The ways) of God are not invariable: on the good-doer he sends down all blessings, and on the evil-doer he sends down all miseries.
xiáng ㄒㄧㄤˊ (2.2): 善。 Good.
孟子·離婁上》:責善則離,離則不莫大焉。
Such reproofs lead to alienation, and than alienation there is nothing more inauspicious.
荀子·正論》:莫大焉。
說苑·敬慎》:吾聞之,敬其父者不兼其子,兼其子者不莫大焉,子大夫何為其若是?
呂氏春秋·謹聽》:不深知賢者之所言,不莫大焉。
爾雅·釋詁》:儀,若,,淑,鮮,省,臧,嘉,令,類,綝,彀,攻,穀,介,徽,善也。
韓詩外傳·卷六》:二者不可,然且為之,不莫大焉。
xiáng ㄒㄧㄤˊ (3): 喪祭名。父母死後十三個月而祭稱小祥,二十五個月而祭稱大祥。 Name of a memorial ritual held for ones parents.
禮記·檀弓上》:魯人有朝而莫歌者,子路笑之。
There was a man of Lu, who, after performing in the morning the ceremony which introduced the 25th month of his mourning, began to sing in the evening. Zi-lu laughed at him.
xiáng ㄒㄧㄤˊ (4.1): 通「詳」:詳細。 Detailed.
史記·太史公自序》:嘗竊觀陰陽之術,大而眾忌諱,使人拘而多所畏。
xiáng ㄒㄧㄤˊ (4.2): 通「詳」:審慎。 Cautious.
史記·周本紀》:有國有土,告汝刑。
尚書·呂刑》:來,有邦有土,告爾刑。

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