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陽

陽

See also: 阳

Translingual

Han character

陽 (radical 170 阜+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓中日一竹 (NLAMH), four-corner 76227, composition ⿰⻖昜)

References

  • KangXi: page 1355, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41725
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1859, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4144, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+967D

Chinese

trad. 陽
simp. 阳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (昜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
湯 *l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *hljaŋ
踼 *l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋʔ, *l'aːŋ, *l'aːŋs
蝪 *l̥ʰaːŋ
薚 *l̥ʰaːŋ
簜 *l̥ʰaːŋ, *l'aːŋʔ
盪 *l̥ʰaːŋ, *l̥ʰaːŋs, *l'aːŋʔ
偒 *l̥ʰaːŋʔ
蕩 *l̥ʰaːŋs, *l'aːŋʔ
燙 *l̥ʰaːŋs
啺 *l'aːŋ
碭 *l'aːŋ, *l'aːŋs
婸 *l'aːŋʔ
愓 *l'aːŋʔ
璗 *l'aːŋʔ
崵 *l'aːŋʔ, *laŋ
逿 *l'aːŋs
暢 *l̥ʰaŋs
畼 *l̥ʰaŋs
腸 *l'aŋ
場 *l'aŋ
傷 *hljaŋ, *hljaŋs
殤 *hljaŋ
觴 *hljaŋ
慯 *hljaŋ, *hljaŋs
禓 *hljaŋ, *laŋ
塲 *hljaŋ
陽 *laŋ
楊 *laŋ
揚 *laŋ
瘍 *laŋ
煬 *laŋ, *laŋs
鍚 *laŋ
暘 *laŋ
颺 *laŋ, *laŋs
昜 *laŋ
輰 *laŋ
敭 *laŋ
鰑 *laŋ
諹 *laŋ, *laŋs
瑒 *laŋ, *rlaːŋʔ
鸉 *laŋ
餳 *ljaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *laŋ) : semantic 阜 ‎(“hill”) + phonetic 昜 ‎(OC *laŋ, “bright, sunny”) – sunny side of mountain.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 陽
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 與章切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /iɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jɨaŋ/
Li
Rong		 /iaŋ/
Wang
Li		 /jĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yáng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 陽
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yáng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yang ›
Old
Chinese		 /*laŋ/
English bright

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 陽
Reading # 1/1
No. 14590
Phonetic
component		 昜
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 陽
Old
Chinese		 /*laŋ/

Definitions

陽

  1. (philosophy) “male” principle; yang in yin-yang
  2. light
  3. †positive
  4. sun
    太陽 / 太阳  ―  tàiyáng  ―  the Sun
  5. male genitals
    陽物 / 阳物  ―  yángwù  ―  ****
  6. open; overt
    陽溝 / 阳沟  ―  yánggōu  ―  open drain, ditch

Antonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

陽

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. the sun
  2. yang (in contrast to yin)

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

陽 • ‎(yang) (hangeul 양, McCune-Reischauer yang, Yale yang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

陽 (dương, dàng, giang, long)

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