襄
xiāngXiāng

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approved by Peter Olson · Sep 25, 2022, 06:56 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Sep 25, 2022, 06:56 PM

better to mark as unclear origin than to add component that has no explanation

Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a person reaching out his hands and loosening his shirt to assist in pulling a plow.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjangs-naŋ remove
sjangs-naŋ Xiāng (personal name)

說文解字

《說文》：“襄，漢令：解衣耕謂之襄。从衣，聲。，古文襄。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)