湘

Xiang1
#2,240 most
frequent character
abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

湘 xiāng joins 氵, water, with 相 xiāng, a sound part that matches exactly. The water part fits the first sense, 'river in Hunan,' which grew to a short name for Hunan province.

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Homophones

相Xiang1
surname Xiang

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