Dong Chinese dictionary

yáng

raise, praise

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 𠃓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 揚.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

𠃓 Sound component

yáng

bright

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

yáng

scatter, spread; praise; to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate

Yáng

abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yángzhōu]; surname Yang

yáng

variant of 揚|扬[yáng]

Most common words with 扬

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