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湘 - xiāng

Hunan province

Hunan province

How to read 湘

Click 湘 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinxiāng
EnglishHunan province
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

湘剧 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 湘勇. Please read 湘东 one more time.

Common words with this character

Xiang opera
Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
see 湘東區|湘东区[Xiang1 dong1 Qu1]
see 湘橋區|湘桥区[Xiang1 qiao2 Qu1]

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 湘 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 湘剧 and 湘勇 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 湘.