Chinese Character 阳 Meanings and components.

Form

阳

Meaning

阳 meaning[3] in English

Positive (Electric.).

Sun.

Male Principle (Taoism).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 阳 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (阝) , and abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日)

Its radical[1] is: 阜 (fu4) which means: Abundant, Mound, .阜fu4abundant

In cangjie it is written with NLA

How to write 阳

To write阳yang2positive (electric.) you should write a combination of 阝fu4 , 日ri4abbr. for … arranged in a 吅 shape:

阝 + 日 = 阳

阳 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

阳
Pinyin:yang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Positive (Electric.) . Sun . Male Principle (Taoism) . Yang, Opposite: 陰|阴[Yin1]
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

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

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

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