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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

昂: rise

JLPT N18 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

日 carries the meaning · 卩 is drawn in

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 軒昂けんこうhigh-spirited; in high spirits
  • 昂揚こうようelevation (of spirits); raising (of morale)

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 昂るたかぶるto become aroused (of emotions, nerves…

Also read ゴウ, あがる, たかい, たかぶる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
More in the 日 sun story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
日

Also built on sun (日)

All 70
卩

Also built on seal (卩)

All 11

Also read コウ

96 kanji share this on'yomiAll 96

Also read ゴウ

12 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
昂 rise · 卩
vs昴 the Pleiades · 卯
昂 has 卩 where 昴 has 卯.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · áng

Same form: 昂 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
昂 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
昂 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin áng 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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