湘 — 12 strokes / Radical「氵」
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- On
- ショウ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- the Xiang river; Sagami
Origin
氵 "water" with 相 as phonetic: originally a Chinese river name; in Japan it refers to the Sagami area.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 湘南しょうなん
the Shōnan coast
- 瀟湘しょうしょう
the Xiao and Xiang rivers
Example
夏は湘南の海がにぎわう。
In summer the Shōnan coast is crowded.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)