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仰

to face upward; to look up; to admire; to rely on

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,662 U+4EF0

How 仰 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To exalt 卬 a person 亻

components: 亻 卬

How to remember it

look up to · Heisig RSH #1299

人 person + stamp collection

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 仰

WordPinyinMeaning
仰光大金塔 Yǎng guāng Dà Jīn tǎ Great Pagoda of Yangon (Rangoon)
前仰后合 qián yǎng hòu hé to sway to and fro; to rock back and forth
笑不可仰 xiào bù kě yǎng to double up with laughter (idiom)
人仰马翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom); in a pitiful state; in a complete mess; to roll (with…
信仰者 xìn yǎng zhě believer
久仰大名 jiǔ yǎng dà míng I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
仰人鼻息 yǎng rén bí xī to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's livin…
仰头 yǎng tóu to raise one's head
仰天 yǎng tiān to face upwards; to look up to the sky
众人敬仰 zhòng rén jìng yǎng universally admired; highly esteemed by everyone
四仰八叉 sì yǎng bā chā (idiom) sprawled out on one's back
仰光 Yǎng guāng Yangon (Rangoon), city, capital of Myanmar from 1948 to 2006
仰角 yǎng jiǎo (math.) angle of elevation
信仰 xìn yǎng to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction
仰卧起坐 yǎng wò qǐ zuò sit-up (physical exercise)
仰视 yǎng shì to tilt one's head back to see (sth); to look up at
前俯后仰 qián fǔ hòu yǎng to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
俯仰之间 fǔ yǎng zhī jiān in a flash
仰卧式 yǎng wò shì corpse pose (yoga)
钻坚仰高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analec…