Chinese surname · rank 346
相
相 is read as xiàng.
xiàng
Simplified and traditional 相
mutual, reciprocal, each other
Earth
Time: Xia-dynasty tradition, c. 2070-1600 BCE
Place: Xiangli Xia tradition and Shang court-at-Xiang place layer; Wuluoshan branch noted separately.
Origin note
Xiang is handled as a multi-line surname, not as an explanation from the everyday meaning of . One traditional strand is tied to the Xia royal house: sources say Di Xiang, son of Zhongkang, was connected with Xiangli, and later descendants used Xiang as a surname. A second strand is tied to the Shang royal house: He Danjia is said to have lived at or moved the court to Xiang, after which people associated with that place used Xiang as a place-name surname. A further branch note in surname summaries mentions Wuluoshan producing several surnames including Xiang. Because these accounts belong to different lineage and place traditions, this page records them as parallel source-backed layers rather than merging all Xiang families into one founder line.
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