Read Edit View history Discussion 相 xiāngxiàng HSK2 mutual Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts an eye (目) looking at a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "look at". The meaning of this character has shifted over time to "compare" and "each other". Pinyin Separate values with commas xiāng ×xiàng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 相 Simp strokes 相 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 相 Simp strokes 相 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 相 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 98, 499 ], [ 122, 492 ], [ 177, 494 ], [ 324, 526 ], [ 393, 548 ], [ 467, 552 ] ], [ [ 297, 830 ], [ 349, 775 ], [ 333, 299 ], [ 327, 179 ], [ 315, 87 ], [ 315, -13 ] ], [ [ 312, 490 ], [ 303, 484 ], [ 285, 413 ], [ 241, 345 ], [ 167, 252 ], [ 66, 155 ] ], [ [ 362, 414 ], [ 379, 394 ], [ 443, 351 ], [ 459, 324 ] ], [ [ 530, 620 ], [ 560, 591 ], [ 568, 569 ], [ 575, 464 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