GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 119

向

向 is read as xiàng.

Pinyin

xiàng

Script forms

Simplified 向 · Traditional 曏

Basic meaning

toward; face; direction

Five element

Water

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn Xiang place/state tradition; Xia-dynasty tradition, c. 2070-1600 BCE

Place: Xiang place traditions in the eastern-central plains

Origin note

Xiang surname traditions connect the name with an ancient place or small state. The everyday direction meaning should not be treated as the origin by itself.

Historical figures

向秀 (Xiang Xiu)

c. 227-272 CE · Wei-Jin thinker

One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.

向警予 (Xiang Jingyu)

1895-1928 CE · modern political figure

A modern revolutionary and women's movement figure.

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