扬
to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #896 U+626C
How 扬 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 昜 (phonetic, yáng)
components: 扌 昜
How to remember it
publicize · Heisig RSH #1860
fingers + piglets
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 昜
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 昜 (yáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昜 sound component | yáng | bright, glorious; to expand, to open up |
| 场 | chǎng | field, open space; market, square; stage |
| 汤 | tāng | soup, gravy, broth; hot water |
| 肠 | cháng | intestines; emotions; sausage |
| 畅 | chàng | freely, smoothly; unrestrained |
| 殇 | shāng | to die young; national mourning |
| 疡 | yáng | sore, ulcer; infection |
| 觞 | shāng | wine cup; to propose a toast; feast |
| 炀 | yáng | to scorch, to roast, to melt |
| 饧 | xíng | syrup, molasses, malt sugar; sticky |
Words containing 扬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发扬光大 | fā yáng guāng dà | to develop and promote; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development |
| 扬中市 | Yáng zhōng Shì | Yangzhong, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 名扬四海 | míng yáng sì hǎi | to become known far and wide (idiom); famous |
| 扬名四海 | yáng míng sì hǎi | known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous |
| 斯瓦尔巴和扬马延 | Sī wǎ ěr bā hé Yáng mǎ yán | Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| 扬子江 | Yáng zǐ jiāng | Changjiang 長江|长江 or Yangtze River; old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches aroun… |
| 扬州市 | Yáng zhōu Shì | Yangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3] |
| 不事张扬 | bù shì zhāng yáng | quietly; without ostentation |
| 米高扬 | Mǐ gāo yáng | Mikoyan (name); Anastas Ivanonovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Soviet politician, politburo memb… |
| 扬声器 | yáng shēng qì | speaker |
| 志高气扬 | zhì gāo qì yáng | high-spirited and smug |
| 扬长而去 | yáng cháng ér qù | to swagger off; to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left beh… |
| 家丑不可外扬 | jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng | lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in … |
| 扬科维奇 | Yáng kē wéi qí | Jankovic; Yankovic; Yankovich; Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player |
| 扬中 | Yáng zhōng | see 揚中市|扬中市[Yang2 zhong1 Shi4] |
| 上扬 | shàng yáng | (of prices etc) to rise |
| 扬花 | yáng huā | (of a plant) to shed pollen |
| 高扬 | gāo yáng | held high; elevated; uplift; soaring |
| 发扬 | fā yáng | to develop; to make full use of |
| 扬长 | yáng cháng | with swagger; ostentatiously; to make the best use of one's strengths |