xiāng

light-yellow color

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangslaŋ
Unicodesiɑng

說文解字

帛淺黃色也。从糸相聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

xiāng light-yellow color Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

Sound component
xiāng, xiàng mutual

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode