Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 祥


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Meaning

good omen, auspicious, kindly, benevolent, propitious

Pronunciation

xiáng

Explanation

Left: to show, altar 礻/ (image of an altar with a sacrifice and drippling blood ), right: sheep

Mnemonic

An altar with a sheep is a good omen.

Radicals

to show, altar(Shows a simple altar with a sacrifice and blood is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.)
sheep
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Vocabulary

慈祥 cí xiáng kindly; benevolent (often of older person)
陆征祥 Lù Zhēng xiáng Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk
冯玉祥 Féng Yù xiáng Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek

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