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阳

yáng

light

The traditional characters 陰 (Yin) and 陽 (Yang) were simplified to 阴 and 阳. In Chinese philosophy, the moon (月) corresponds to Yin (阴) and the sun (日) corresponds to Yang (阳).

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

日 simplified component

日  Simplified component

rì

  

sun

Simplified from the traditional 陽. Used here since the sun corresponds to the 'Yang' of 'Yin and Yang' in Chinese philosophy.

Evolution

阳 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
阳 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
阳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
阳 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
阳 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
阳 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

阳 (陽) 

yáng

'male' principle; light; sun; positive (electric.); male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yīn]

Most common words with 阳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

太阳

sun

阳光

sunshine

阳

sun

阳性

positive

阳台

balcony

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 32.5965% of movies

1075th most common character in movies

650th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

陽

Unicode

U+9633


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