漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
揚: raise, elevate
Also: hoist, praise, extol, fry in deep fat
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 扌hand(meaning)
- 昜(sound)
扌 carries the meaning · 昜 gives the sound
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 浮揚ふようfloating (e.g. in air, water); floatation
- 高揚こうようelevation (of spirits); raising (of morale)
- 掲揚けいようhoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying
- 抑揚よくよう
-あげ-age · kun'yomi · on its own
- 揚げあげdeep-frying; deep-fried food
- 旗揚げはたあげraising an army; raising a banner
- 水揚げみずあげlanding; unloading (e.g. a ship)
Also read あげる, あがる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
昜
Also built on 昜
揚 takes the 昜 family's reading, ヨウ (you).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side揚 raise · 扌
vs場 location · 土In ChineseSimplified 扬 · traditional, as in Japanese · yáng
Japan keeps the traditional form 揚; mainland China simplifies it to 扬.
- Simplified
- 扬 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 揚 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yáng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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