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rising

HSK 10
yáng
ヨウ
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound. Originally written as 昜.
Components
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [yáng]
rising sun; sunshine
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
あきら
Akira given name
いずる
Izuru given name
ひので
Hinode surname