CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- yang2
- English meanings
- to raise, to hoist, the action of tossing or winnowing, scattering (in the wind), to flutter, to propagate, abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1], surname Yang, variant of 揚|扬[yang2]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 昜.
Meaning & sound clues
扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.
昜 is identified as the sound component (yáng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 扬.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
surname Yang
keep
center; beg
illness; ailment
raise; spread
poplar; surname Yang
measure word (kinds)
disaster
oxygen (chemistry)
vast
ripple
to itch
seedling; sprout
baa
sun; yang
sun; yang
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Related words
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- 发扬
- 发扬光大
- 宣扬
- 弘扬
- 张扬
- 得意扬扬
- 抑扬顿挫
- 沸沸扬扬
- 表扬
- 赞扬