祥
祥 — Auspicious
auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune
On’yomiショウ (shou)
Kun’yomiさいわい (saiwai)
Kun’yomiきざし (kizashi)
Kun’yomiよい (yoi)
Kun’yomiつまびらか (tsumabiraka)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 祥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不祥事 | ふしょうじ fushouji | scandal; impropriety; misconduct |
| 発祥 | はっしょう hasshou | origin; appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; birth of an emperor or his ancestors |
| 発祥地 | はっしょうち hasshouchi | birthplace (e.g. of jazz, Buddhism); cradle (e.g. of civilization); place of origin |
| 吉祥天 | きっしょうてん kisshouten | Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana) |
Study notes
祥 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1273 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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