# 翔

| 翔 | U+7FD4, &#32724; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FD4 |
| ← 翓 [U+7FD3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 翕 → [U+7FD5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

翔 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿手尸一一 (TQSMM), four-corner 8752$_0$, composition ⿰羊羽)

#### Derived characters

* 𦤥, 𰝲

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 956, character 40
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28689
* Dae Jaweon: page 1402, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3348, character 6
* Unihan data for U+7FD4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 样 | *ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ |
| 佯 | *zlaŋ, *laŋ |
| 詳 | *ljaŋ, *laŋ |
| 洋 | *ljaŋ, *laŋ |
| 翔 | *ljaŋ |
| 庠 | *ljaŋ |
| 祥 | *ljaŋ |
| 痒 | *ljaŋ, *laŋʔ |
| 姜 | *klaŋ |
| 羌 | *kʰlaŋ |
| 蜣 | *kʰlaŋ |
| 猐 | *kʰlaŋ |
| 唴 | *kʰlaŋs |
| 羊 | *laŋ |
| 徉 | *laŋ |
| 烊 | *laŋ |
| 蛘 | *laŋ, *laŋʔ |
| 眻 | *laŋ, *laŋs |
| 鴹 | *laŋ |
| 恙 | *laŋs |
| 羕 | *laŋs |
| 樣 | *laŋs |
| 漾 | *laŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljaŋ): phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ) + semantic 羽 (“feathers”)

### Etymology 1

Iterative of 徉 (OC *laŋ) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiáng (xiang$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiang$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): coeng$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): tiang$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xiong$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): siòng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xiong$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xion$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ciǒng
* Eastern Min (BUC): siòng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siông / siâng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siang$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): qiam$^5$ / qiang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zhian
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zian$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siáng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^2$
*** Yale: syáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyang
*** Palladius: сян (sjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xiang$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiang
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiaŋ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coeng$^4$
*** Yale: chèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: tiang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiaŋ²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xiong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɔŋ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /siɔŋ¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xion$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiɒ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ciǒng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siɔŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siòng
*** Sinological IPA : /suoŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông
*** Tâi-lô: siông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioong
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâng
*** Tâi-lô: siâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaang
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâng
*** Sinological IPA : /siaŋ⁵⁵/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: qiam$^5$ / qiang$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiam²²/, /t͡sʰiaŋ²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zhian
*** MiniDict: zhian$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$xxian
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiã²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: zian$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡si̯æn¹³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /t͡ɕi̯æn¹³/
* Middle Chinese: zjang
Rime :
| Character | 翔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 似羊切 |
| Baxter | zjang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /zɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ziɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ziɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ziaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | coeng$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[ɢ]aŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljaŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 翔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiáng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zjang › |
| Old Chinese | /*s.[ɢ]aŋ/ |
| English | fly back and forth; soar |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 翔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14526 |
| Phonetic component | 羊 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 詳 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljaŋ/ |

#### Definitions

翔
* to fly; to soar

#### Compounds

* 上翔
* 亶翔
* 佪翔
* 南翔
* 吐飯蜂翔 / 吐饭蜂翔
* 回翔
* 奮翔 / 奋翔
* 安翔
* 徊翔 (huáixiáng)
* 徘翔
* 敖翔
* 昌翔
* 棲翔 / 栖翔
* 橫翔捷出 / 横翔捷出
* 汪翔
* 沈翔
* 浮翔
* 淹翔
* 游翔
* 滑翔 (huáxiáng)
* 滑翔機 / 滑翔机 (huáxiángjī)
* 滑翔翼
* 滑翔運動 / 滑翔运动
* 相翔
* 端翔
* 群翔
* 羽翔
* 翔佯 (xiángyáng)
* 翔博
* 翔回
* 翔埃
* 翔天
* 翔嬉
* 翔子
* 翔安 (Xiáng'ān)
* 翔實 / 翔实 (xiángshí)
* 翔師 / 翔师
* 翔庳
* 翔徉 (xiángyáng)
* 翔手
* 翔折
* 翔抱
* 翔旝 / 翔𰕭
* 翔步 (xiángbù)
* 翔泳
* 翔洽
* 翔湧 / 翔涌
* 翔然
* 翔畋
* 翔禽
* 翔羊 (xiángyáng)
* 翔翔
* 翔翥
* 翔翱
* 翔翼
* 翔舞
* 翔華 / 翔华
* 翔貴 / 翔贵
* 翔走
* 翔起
* 翔趨 / 翔趋
* 翔踊
* 翔踴 / 翔踊
* 翔逸
* 翔陽 / 翔阳 (xiángyáng)
* 翔集
* 翔風 / 翔风
* 翔飛 / 翔飞
* 翔騫 / 翔骞
* 翔驎 / 翔𬴊
* 翔驟 / 翔骤
* 翔鳥 / 翔鸟
* 翔鳳 / 翔凤 (Xiángfèng)
* 翔鴻 / 翔鸿
* 翔鸞 / 翔鸾
* 翔鸞翥鳳 / 翔鸾翥凤
* 翔鸞舞鳳 / 翔鸾舞凤
* 翔麟紫
* 翔麟馬 / 翔麟马
* 翩翔
* 翥鳳翔鸞 / 翥凤翔鸾
* 翱翔 (áoxiáng)
* 翻翔
* 翾翔
* 蜚翔
* 趨翔 / 趋翔
* 迴翔 / 回翔
* 遊翔 / 游翔
* 遠翔 / 远翔
* 遨翔
* 遨翔自得
* 雲翔 / 云翔
* 風翔 / 风翔
* 飄翔 / 飘翔
* 飛翔 / 飞翔 (fēixiáng)
* 飛鸞翔鳳 / 飞鸾翔凤
* 馳翔 / 驰翔
* 駝翔 / 驼翔
* 騫翔 / 骞翔
* 騰翔 / 腾翔
* 驚翔 / 惊翔
* 高翔 (gāoxiáng)
* 高翔遠引 / 高翔远引
* 高飛遠翔 / 高飞远翔
* 鳳翔 / 凤翔 (Fèngxiáng)
* 鳳翥鵬翔 / 凤翥鹏翔
* 鳳翥鸞翔 / 凤翥鸾翔
* 鳳翥龍翔 / 凤翥龙翔
* 鴻翔鸞起 / 鸿翔鸾起
* 鵠峙鸞翔 / 鹄峙鸾翔
* 鵾翔 / 鹍翔
* 鶴翔樁 / 鹤翔桩
* 鸞翔 / 鸾翔
* 鸞翔鳳翥 / 鸾翔凤翥 (luánxiáng fèngzhù)
* 鸞翔鳳集 / 鸾翔凤集 (luánxiáng fèngjí)
* 龍翔 / 龙翔
* 龍翔虎躍 / 龙翔虎跃
* 龍翔鳳翥 / 龙翔凤翥
* 龍翔鳳舞 / 龙翔凤舞
* 龍翔鳳躍 / 龙翔凤跃
* 龍飛鳳翔 / 龙飞凤翔

### Etymology 2

After a netizen on Tieba named 軍神李翔 / 军神李翔 (Jūnshén Lǐ Xiáng, “Li Xiang the God of War”). In 2011, he argued with other netizens for many days, and the argument finally ended with his comment 我他媽就是一坨屎 / 我他妈就是一坨屎 (“I'm a fucking pile of shit”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiáng (xiang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siáng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^2$
*** Yale: syáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyang
*** Palladius: сян (sjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/

#### Definitions

翔
* (Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang) shit
    吃翔 ― chī xiáng ― to eat shit

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 翔 |
| Kyūjitai | 翔󠄁 翔+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 翔󠄃 翔+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* soar

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぞう (zō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kun: かける (kakeru, 翔る)、とぶ (tobu, 翔ぶ)

#### Compounds

* 高翔(こうしょう) (kōshō, “soaring high”)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 翔
* しょう Jinmeiyō
* kan'on

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しょー [shóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɕo̞ː]

#### Proper noun

翔(しょう) • (Shō)
* a male given name

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 翔
* かけ(る) Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠ke̞ɾɯ̟]

#### Proper noun

翔(かける) • (Kakeru)
* a male given name

### References

* ↑ “翔”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 翔 (MC zjang). Recorded as Middle Korean 샤ᇰ (syang) (Yale: syang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 翔 (eumhun 날 상 (nal sang))
* hanja form of 상 (“soar”)

#### Compounds

* 고상 (高翔, gosang)
* 비상 (飛翔, bisang)
* 활상 (滑翔, hwalsang)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

翔: Hán Nôm readings: tường
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