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楊
楊
See also: 杨
Translingual
Han character
楊 (radical 75 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木日一竹 (DAMH), four-corner 46927, composition ⿰木昜)
References
- KangXi: page 538, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15112
- Dae Jaweon: page 926, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1248, character 4
- Unihan data for U+694A
Chinese
| trad. | 楊 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 杨 | |
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 木 (“tree, wood”) + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ) – a kind of tree.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yòng
- Min Nan (POJ): iông / iâng / chhiûⁿ / chhiôⁿ / iûⁿ / iôⁿ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
- Wade-Giles: yang2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
- IPA (key): /i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
- Wade-Giles: yang2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yang
- IPA (key): /i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: joeng4
- Yale: yèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: joeng4
- IPA (key): /jœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yòng
- Hakka Romanization System: iongˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yong2
- IPA: /i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yòng
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iongˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yong2
- IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
- Tâi-lô: iông
- Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâng
- Tâi-lô: iâng
- Phofsit Daibuun: iaang
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiûⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tshiûnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: chviuu
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiũ²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiôⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tshiônn
- Phofsit Daibuun: chviooi
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔ̃¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ
- Tâi-lô: iûnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: viuu
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iũ²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iôⁿ
- Tâi-lô: iônn
- Phofsit Daibuun: viooi
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔ̃¹³/
- Note: iông/iâng - literary; chhiûⁿ/chhiôⁿ/iûⁿ/iôⁿ - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 楊 |
| 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 | 楊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yáng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ yang › |
| Old Chinese |
/*laŋ/ |
| English | poplar |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 楊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14591 |
| Phonetic component |
昜 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
陽 |
| Old Chinese |
/*laŋ/ |
Definitions
楊
- willow, poplar, aspen
- A surname, listed sixteenth in the Baijiaxing
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
楊
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Compounds
- 楊枝 (yōji, “toothpick”)
Korean
Hanja
楊 • (yang) (hangeul 양, revised yang, McCune-Reischauer yang, Yale yang)
Synonyms
Compounds
- 垂楊 (수양, suyang) weeping willow