祥

xiáng
#1,672 most
frequent character
auspicious, propitious

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

祥 joins 礻 ancestral tablet with 羊 yáng for the sound. It first meant wealth and long life, or blessings. From there it grew to the sense auspicious.

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Homophones

详xiáng
detailed, comprehensive
降xiáng
to surrender, to capitulate

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