xiāng

light-yellow color

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

Sound component
xiāng, xiàng mutual

Sources

Readings & variants
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light-yellow color Traditional

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