Chinese Character Wiki
昜

yáng

bright

Original meaning: 

sunshine

Depicts rays (彡) of sunlight (日) shining through tree branches (丂).

Components
日 iconic component

日  Iconic component

rì

  

sun

丂 iconic component

丂  Iconic component

kǎo

  

axe handle

Depicts a tree branch.

彡 iconic component

彡  Iconic component

shān

  

hair

Depicts rays of sunlight.

Evolution

昜 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
昜 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
昜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
昜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𠃓 (昜) 

yáng

to open out, to expand; bright, glorious

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

陽 砀

Sound component in 22 characters (8 verified)

量 塲 場 陽 傷 揚 汤 湯 楊 肠 腸 暢 畅 疡 炀 煬 饧 觞 觴 殇 殤 砀

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

量

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

杨

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*laŋ

yang

yáng

bright


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Simplified

𠃓

Unicode

U+661C

Shuowen

“昜，開也。一曰飛揚，一曰長也，一曰彊者眾皃。”


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