"祥" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: [kyūjitai]
  1. auspiciousness, happiness Tags: kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-祥-ja-character-06hZSUKq Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 11 5 3 15 2 21 20 8 6 5 4 Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 42 32 26 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 42 31 27
  2. good omen or sign Tags: kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-祥-ja-character-YZxfk2sy
  3. celebration after the end of a mourning Tags: kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-祥-ja-character-MV-p5wom Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 11 5 3 15 2 21 20 8 6 5 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 38 4 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 38 4 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 祥雲 (shōun) (ruby: 祥雲(しょううん)), 祥気 (shōki) (ruby: 祥気(しょうき)), 祥忌 (shōki) (ruby: 祥忌(しょうき)), 祥慶 (shōkei) (ruby: 祥慶(しょうけい)), 祥瑞 (shōzui) (ruby: 祥瑞(しょうずい)), 嘉祥 (kashō) (ruby: 嘉祥(かしょう)), 吉祥 (kichijō), 吉祥 (kisshō), 休祥 (kyūshō) (ruby: 休祥(きゅうしょう)), 錦祥女 (Kinshōjo) (ruby: 錦祥女(きんしょうじょ)), 災祥 (saishō) (ruby: 災祥(さいしょう)), 小祥忌 (shōshōki), 小祥 (shōshō), 瑞祥 (zuishō) (ruby: 瑞祥(ずいしょう)), 清祥 (seishō) (ruby: 清祥(せいしょう)), 善祥 (zenshō) (ruby: 善祥(ぜんしょう)), 多祥 (tashō) (ruby: 多祥(たしょう)), 大祥忌 (daishōki), 大祥 (daishō), 発祥 (hasshō) (ruby: 発祥(はっしょう)), 不祥 (fushō) (ruby: 不祥(ふしょう)), 福祥 (fukushō) (ruby: (ふく), (しょう))

Proper name

IPA: [ɕo̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しょう)), Shō [romanization], syau [romanization], しやう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /sɨau/ → /sʲɨɔː/ → /sjɔː/ → /sjoː/ From Middle Chinese 祥 (MC zjang). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=しよう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|祥}} 祥 (MC zjang) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|しょう|hhira=しやう}} 祥(しょう) • (Shō) ^(←しやう (syau)?)
  1. a female given name Categories (topical): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names
    Sense id: en-祥-ja-name-pLhOhtoi Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 5 entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 11 5 3 15 2 21 20 8 6 5 4 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 1 24 33 12 4 3 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 1 22 30 13 5 3 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 20 15 14 33 9 4 3 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 17 3 23 31 9 6 4 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 1 21 31 14 5 3 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 58 26 10 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 58 25 11 6
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-祥-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しょう)), shō [romanization], syau [romanization], しやう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /sɨau/ → /sʲɨɔː/ → /sjɔː/ → /sjoː/ From Middle Chinese 祥 (MC zjang). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=しよう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|祥}} 祥 (MC zjang) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょう|hhira=しやう}} 祥(しょう) • (shō) ^(←しやう (syau)?)
  1. an omen of good fortune or happiness Synonyms: 吉兆, 瑞兆
    Sense id: en-祥-ja-noun--OpeR5gB
  2. a sign of good or bad luck
    Sense id: en-祥-ja-noun-7706N1OQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 祥月 (shōtsuki) (ruby: (しょう), (つき))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (さが)), saga [romanization]
Etymology: Attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE). Cognate with 性 (saga, “one's nature, destiny”). Etymology templates: {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|さが}} 祥(さが) • (saga)
  1. (archaic) a sign, omen Tags: archaic Synonyms: 前兆
    Sense id: en-祥-ja-noun-TimGp1An Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "roman": "daishō",
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Download raw JSONL data for 祥 meaning in Japanese (8.8kB)

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