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
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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… |