Chinese Character 陽 Meanings and components.

Form

陽

Meaning

陽 meaning[3] in English

Positive (Electric.).

Sun.

Male Principle (Taoism).

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with NLAMH

How to write 陽

To write陽yang2positive (electric.) you should write a combination of 阝fu4 , 昜yang2to open … arranged in a 吅 shape:

阝 + 昜 = 陽

陽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

陽
Pinyin:yang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Positive (Electric.) . Sun . Male Principle (Taoism) . Yang, Opposite: 陰|阴[Yin1]
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一
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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