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廂
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
厢
🇨🇳

side room

HSK 10
Objects →Buildings
xiāng
ショウ、ソウ
ひさし
상
Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 相 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (廂)
广 roof+ 相 one another =
廂 side room
广 Meaning component
yǎn roof
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
相 Phonetic component
xiāng one another
mutual, reciprocal, each other
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Simplified (厢)
厂 cliff (radical)+ 相 one another =
厢 side-room
厂 Meaning component
hǎn cliff (radical)
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
相 Phonetic component
xiāng one another
mutual, reciprocal, each other
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Notes
Similar Characters
厅 room (simp)厨 closet (simp)庀 to prepare庄 farmstead (simp)庇 shield庋 a cupboard or序 preface庐 hut (simp)庑 luxuriant (simp)库 armory (simp)底 bottom庖 cooking店 store庙 imperial (simp)府 government office庞 big (simp)废 abrogate (simp)庠 village school庥 shelter座 seat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
廂
Regular
Modern
Chinese
厢 / 廂 [xiāng]
box (in theater); side room; side
Japanese
庇 、 廂 (rare) ひさし 同音

noun

  1. usually kana awning (over a window, doorway, etc.); eaves (of a roof)
  2. architecture narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
  3. usually kana visor (of a cap); brim; peak
  4. abbrev. classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
ひさしから雨水が滴り落ちている。
The eaves are dripping.
CHINESE WORDS (15)
车厢 [chē​xiāng] #7,022
carriage
包厢 [bāo​xiāng] #10,976
box (in a theater or concert hall)
一厢情愿 [yī​xiāng​qíng​yuàn] #16,774
one's own wishful thinking
厢房 [xiāng​fáng] #44,598
wing (of a traditional house)
城厢 [Chéng​xiāng] #37,308
Chengxiang district of Putian city 莆田市[Pú​tián​shì], Fujian
西厢记 [Xī​xiāng​Jì] #43,512
Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu 王實甫|王实甫[Wáng​Shí​fǔ]
两厢情愿 [liǎng​xiāng​qíng​yuàn] #53,122
both sides are willing
城厢区 [Chéng​xiāng​qū] #60,795
Chengxiang district of Putian city 莆田市[Pú​tián​shì], Fujian
一壁厢 [yī​bì​xiāng]
see 一壁[yī​bì]
三厢 [sān​xiāng]
sedan (automobile body type)
5 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
庇 [ひさし] #24,879
awning (over a window, doorway, etc.)