相
Meanings
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- 1.each other
- 2.one another
- 3.mutually
- 4.fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pí pa] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pǐn])
- 1.surname Xiang
- 1.appearance
- 2.portrait
- 3.picture
- 4.government minister
- 5.(physics) phase
- 6.(literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- 7.to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
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Wiktionary
- 1.to see for oneself; to evaluate by seeing for oneself
- 2.mutually; reciprocally; towards each other; one another
- 3.together; jointly
- 4.successively; one after another
- 5.used before a verb to indicate the action is performed by one person towards another
- 6.a surname
- 7.to look at; to examine the appearance and judge; to observe
- 8.looks; appearance; features
- 9.posture; bearing
- 10.demeanour; manners
- 11.photo; picture; photograph (Classifier: 張／张 m c; 幅 c)
- 12.phase; exterior; stage; period
- 13.phase
- 14.facies
- 15.to physiognomise; to practise physiognomy; to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features
- 16.physiognomy; practice of physiognomy
- 17.to choose; to pick
- 18.to assist; to help; to oversee
- 19.Xiang of Xia (fifth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
- 20.Chancellor of State; minister
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 木 (“tree”) + 目 (“eye”) – an eye looking at a tree — original character for 相 (OC *slaŋs, “to observe”). Later phonetically borrowed to represent 相 (OC *slaŋ, “mutually”). An allofam is 胥 (OC *sŋa, *sŋaʔ, “each other; mutually; all; to observe; to assist”) (Gong, 1995; Schuessler, 2007). Note also similarities to Burmese သင့် (sang., “to befall, be suitable”). Derivative: 想 (OC *slaŋʔ, “to think”) (“appearance > to visualise > to think”).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
你很上相。
You're photogenic.
別碰我的相機。
Leave my camera alone.
我要這台相機。
I want this camera.
他們彼此相愛。
They love each other.
我們彼此相愛。
We love each other.
今天相當暖和。
It's fairly warm today.
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Derived terms
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