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xiáng

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xiáng
  1. 1.auspicious
  2. 2.propitious

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  1. 1.good luck, good omen, auspicious
  2. 2.fortune, omen (good or bad)
  3. 3.ancient funeral sacrifice

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ljaŋ): semantic 示 (“altar”) + phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ). Originally just 羊, 示 was added later to distinguish it. ;"fortune, omen (good or bad)" > "good luck" ;ancient funeral sacrifice

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