Chinese Character 揚 Meanings and components.

Form

揚

Meaning

揚 meaning[3] in English

Abbr. For 揚州|扬州[Yang2 Zhou1].

Surname Yang.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 揚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to open out, … (昜)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QAMH

How to write 揚

To write揚yang2abbr. for … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 昜yang2to open … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 昜 = 揚

揚 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 揚 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 揚, looks as follow:

揚
Pinyin:yang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 揚州|扬州[Yang2 Zhou1] . Surname Yang
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
昜
Pinyin:yang2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Open Out, To Expand . Bright, Glorious
旦
Pinyin:dan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Dawn . Morning . Daybreak . Day . Dan, Female Roles In Chinese Opera (Traditionally Played By Specialized Male Actors)
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
勿
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Do Not

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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