Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

祥: auspicious, happiness

Also: blessedness, good omen, good fortune

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

礻 carries the meaning · 羊 gives the sound

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 発祥はっしょうorigin
  • 不祥事ふしょうじscandal; impropriety; misconduct
  • 発祥地はっしょうちbirthplace (e.g. of jazz, Buddhism)
  • 吉祥天きっしょうてんSri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)

Also read さいわい, きざし, よい, つまびらか, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“A blessing on the left! When the altar "steps aside" to the left, it brings the protection of the gods to the character.”
More in the 礻 altar story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
礻

Also built on altar (礻)

All 14
羊

Also built on sheep (羊)

All 16

The 羊 family reads ヨウ (you); 祥 is read ショウ.

Also read ショウ

90 kanji share this on'yomiAll 90

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
祥 auspicious · 礻
vs洋 ocean · 氵
祥 has 礻 where 洋 has 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiáng

Same form: 祥 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
祥 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
祥 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xiáng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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