CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- yang3
- English meanings
- to itch, to tickle
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Enclosed from the upper left structure
Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 疒; inside 羊.
Meaning & sound clues
疒 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “sickness”.
羊 is identified as the sound component (yáng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 痒.
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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)
vast
ripple
seedling; sprout
baa
sun; yang
sun; yang
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