襄陽 (xiāngyáng) — Xiangyang, an ancient walled city on the Han River in Hubei, famed in the Three Kingdoms wars

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 7 (est.) · 詞

襄陽 word · TOCFL 7 (est.)

襄陽＝襄＋陽

ㄒㄧㄤㄧㄤˊ · xiāngyáng

proper noun — Xiangyang, an ancient walled city on the Han River in Hubei, famed in the Three Kingdoms wars

字源 FORM — what the parts do

襄to assist; the old name of the local river (襄水的襄)xiāng

陽the sunny side; the north bank of a river (太陽的陽)yáng

襄陽，襄助的襄，太陽的陽。

城在襄水（襄）之北、向陽（陽）的一岸。

The city sits on the north, sun-facing (陽) bank of the Xiang water (襄).

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