yáng
willow
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 楊
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
poplar | ||
poplar | ||
white poplar (Populus bonatii) | ||
red bayberry | ||
poplar tree |
Sources