陽
陽 — yang
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 볕 양
- Romanization
- yang
- English
- the active, male principle in Chinese philosophy (yang); light; sun
- Mandarin
- yáng
- Japanese on'yomi
- ヨウ, チョウ, ジョウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ひ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,071 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 阜 (170, 9 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 昜
- Unicode
- U+967D
Parts that make up 陽
How 陽 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 陽 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 阜, 昜.
Korean example words with 陽
- 양춘陽春 Korean gloss: 따뜻한 봄
- 만양晩陽 Korean gloss: 해가 질 무렵
- 석양夕陽 Korean gloss: 석양이 질 무렵
- 잔양殘陽 Korean gloss: 해 질 무렵의 볕
- 동양動陽 Korean gloss: 양기(陽氣)가 움직임
- 양존陽尊 Korean gloss: 겉으로만 존경하는 체함
- 조양助陽 Korean gloss: 성적 양기(陽氣)를 돋움
- 양보陽報 Korean gloss: 이 세상에서 받는 인과응보
- 양지陽地 Korean gloss: 혜택을 받는 입장을 비유적으로 이르는 말
- 사양斜陽 Korean gloss: 새로운 것에 밀려 점점 몰락해 감을 비유적으로 이르는 말
- 적양積陽 Korean gloss: 쌓이고 쌓인 양기라는 뜻으로, 여름이나 열기를 이르는 말
- 순양純陽 Korean gloss: 다른 것이 조금도 섞이지 아니한 제대로 온전한 양기(陽氣)
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 陽
- 太陽たいよう Sun
- 陽よう (the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open
- 陽子ようし proton
- 山陽さんよう south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
- 太陽電池たいようでんち solar cell
- 陽気ようき cheerful; jovial; merry
- 陽光ようこう sunshine; sunlight
- 陽性ようせい positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful
- 太陽系たいようけい solar system
- 春陽しゅんよう spring sunshine; springtime
- 斜陽しゃよう setting sun; decline (e.g. of industry)
- 陰陽いんよう cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon
Characters sharing the phonetic 昜
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “양”
Other hanja with radical 阜
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences