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楊
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杨
🇨🇳

poplar

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Plants →Trees
yáng
ヨウ
やなぎ
양
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.
Components
木 tree+ 昜 out =
楊 poplar
木 Meaning component
mù tree
昜 Phonetic component
yáng out
to open out, to expand
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Notes
Similar Characters
杨 poplar (simp)乘 hitch a ride休 rest县 district (simp)呆 dim-witted喿 chirping of birds宋 song尌 standing尞 burnt offering巢 nest新 new本 book朱 vermillion杏 apricot析 analyze林 woods枚 small objects果 fruit枼 table某 such and such
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
楊
Regular
Modern
Chinese
杨 / 楊 [Yáng]
surname Yang
杨 / 楊 [yáng]
poplar
Japanese
柳 、 楊 、 楊柳 やなぎ 、 ようりゅう 、 ヤナギ 同音

noun

  1. willow (any tree of genus Salix)
  2. weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
柳の枝に雪折れなし。
Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
Japanese Names
楊 ズオン
Duong surname
楊 ち
Chi surname
楊 ぱく
Paku surname
楊 やない
Yanai surname
楊 やなぎ
Yanagi female given namesurname
楊 やん
Yan, Yang surname
楊 よ
Yo surname
楊 よう
Yō surnamegiven name
楊 よん
Yon surname
楊 りゅう
Ryū surname
楊 りゆ
Riyu surname
楊 りよう
Riyou surname
CHINESE WORDS (60)
白杨 [bái​yáng] #29,211
poplar
白杨树 [bái​yáng​shù] #36,320
white poplar (Populus bonatii)
杨梅 [Yáng​méi] #62,101
Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Táo​yuán​xiàn], north Taiwan
杨树 [yáng​shù] #54,360
poplar tree
杨澜 [Yáng​Lán] #21,953
Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess
杨柳 [yáng​liǔ] #22,089
willow tree
杨利伟 [Yáng​Lì​wěi] #24,863
Yang Liwei (1965-), astronaut, first Chinese citizen in space
杨百翰 [yáng​bǎi​hàn] #43,737
Brigham Young
杨振宁 [Yáng​Zhèn​nìng] #27,337
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate
水杨酸 [shuǐ​yáng​suān] #54,894
salicylic acid
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JAPANESE WORDS (23)
⭐ 柳 [やなぎ] #9,728
willow (any tree of genus Salix)
⭐ 爪楊枝 [つまようじ] #43,908
toothpick
楊枝 [ようじ] #49,324
toothpick
⭐ 川柳 [せんりゅう] #55,757
senryū
柘植 [つげ] #70,139
Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica)
箱柳 [はこやなぎ] #100,425
Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
武士は食わねど高楊枝 [ぶしはくわねどたかようじ] #108,494
the samurai glories in honourable poverty
高楊枝 [たかようじ] #125,465
leisurely, post-meal use of a toothpick
房楊枝 [ふさようじ] #135,076
toothbrush made from a piece of willow frayed at one end
楊弓 [ようきゅう] #164,738
small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
양귀비
poppy