CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- yang2
- English meanings
- ocean, vast, foreign, silver dollar or coin
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 羊.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
羊 is identified as the sound component (yáng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 洋.
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
to raise
raise; spread
poplar; surname Yang
measure word (kinds)
disaster
oxygen (chemistry)
ripple
to itch
seedling; sprout
baa
sun; yang
sun; yang
Example sentences
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Related words
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