相 (xiāng)
Mutual; each other.
How 相 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Traditional
- 相
- Simplified
- 相 (unchanged)
相 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- xiāng
- surname Xiang
- xiàng
- appearance; portrait; picture
Common words using 相
- 互相 hùxiāng
- each other; mutually; mutual
- 相信 xiāngxìn
- to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true
- 相冊 xiàngcè
- photo album
- 相愛 xiāngài
- to love each other
- 相機 xiāngjī
- at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow
- 相當 xiāngdāng
- equivalent to; appropriate; considerably
- 相親 xiāngqīn
- blind date; arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner; to be deeply attached to each other
- 真相 zhēnxiàng
- the truth about sth; the actual facts
- 亮相 liàngxiàng
- a still pose on stage; to appear in public; to reveal one's position
- 意氣相投 yìqìxiāngtóu
- congenial
- 照相 zhàoxiàng
- to take a photograph
- 照相機 zhàoxiàngjī
- camera; CL:個|个[ge4],架[jia4],部[bu4],台[tai2],隻|只[zhi1]
相 in a sentence
我們應該互相幫忙。
Wǒmen yīnggāi hùxiāng bāngmáng.
“We should help each other.”
How common is 相?
相 is the 152nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 50.1% of all running text.
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