xiāng

each other; one another; mutually

HSK 3 #152

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 152nd character
Radical ⽬ (109.4)
Strokes 9
Index # 1430

Definitions

相 xiāng
  1. 1. each other
  2. 2. one another
  3. 3. mutually
  4. 4. surname Xiang
  5. 5. fret on the neck of a pipa pí pa (a fret on the soundboard is called a pǐn)
相 xiàng
  1. 1. appearance
  2. 2. portrait
  3. 3. picture
  4. 4. government minister
  5. 5. to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
  6. 6. (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
  7. 7. (physics) phase

Stroke order

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Words containing 相

Word Meaning
to treat sb with sincerity; to trust one another fully
according to legend; tradition has it that ...; to pass on
equivalent to
to make friends; to intersect; to cross over (e.g. traffic)
to yearn; to pine
distance apart; separated by a given distance
in disguised form; covert
to help one another; to come to sb's help
adjacent; neighbor
roughly comparable (opponents)
photogenic; (old) high official
theory of relativity
best man (in a marriage)
compatible; consistent; to tolerate (each other)
to be total strangers (idiom)
hue; coloration; sex
social gaffe or blunder; faux pas
to pick (after looking at); to find to one's taste
stage costume
to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
interaction; to interact; interplay
to pale by comparison (idiom)
comic monologue; one-person comic sketch
Foreign Minister
passed down from generation to generation