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TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
祥 character · C1 (est.)
祥 ＝ 示 ＋ 羊
ㄒㄧㄤˊ · xiáng
noun/adj — good omen, auspicious; (of omens) either kind

字源 FORM — what the parts do

示義an altar — signs from the spirits
羊聲yáng — gives the sounda sheep (羊)
ITyáng → xiáng — initial and tone shifted off the donor
An altar (示) and the sign read there — the omen, and above all the lucky one: 吉祥. 羊 yáng carries the sound, shifted to xiáng. It joins a tight 羊 series: 詳 xiáng, 翔 xiáng.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

神壇（示）前牽來一頭羊（羊）——讀出的兆頭，是吉的。
A sheep (羊) led to the altar (示) — and the sign read there comes out lucky.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)吉祥— auspicious, lucky常用
→祥瑞— a propitious sign, good portent
→不祥— inauspicious — an omen turned bad
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
詳＝ 言 ＋ 羊xiángthe 羊 series, the lookalike — 詳 leads with 言 (speak, detailed), 祥 with 示 (omen)羊yángthe bare sound donor — 羊 alone is the sheep; 祥 adds the altar 示 (omen)