揚

See also: 扬

Translingual

Han character

揚 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手日一竹 (QAMH), four-corner 5602₇, composition ⿰扌昜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 442, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12355
• Dae Jaweon: page 793, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1914, character 11
• Unihan data for U+63DA

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Chinese

trad.		揚
simp.		扬

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／形声, OC *laŋ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *laŋ (“to lift; to raise”) (Schuessler (2007), STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáng (yang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iông / iâng / chhiûⁿ / chhiôⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iên⁵ / ion⁵ / iang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²
    • Yale: yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
    • Tâi-lô: iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâng
    • Tâi-lô: iâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiũ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰiũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiôⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiônn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃¹³/

Note:

• iông/iâng - literary;
• chhiûⁿ/chhiôⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: iên⁵ / ion⁵ / iang⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iêⁿ / iôⁿ / iâng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩẽ⁵⁵/, /ĩõ⁵⁵/, /iaŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• iên5/ion5 - vernacular (iên5 - Chaozhou);
• iang5 - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: yang

Rime
Character	揚
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
Baxter	yang
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*laŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*laŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	揚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yáng
Middle Chinese	‹ yang ›
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/
English	raise
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揚
Reading #	1/1
No.	14592
Phonetic component	昜
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陽
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/
Notes	金文象人雙手舉玉加昜聲

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 揚

1. to lift; to raise; to hoist
2. to scatter (in the wind); to spread
3. to praise

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

揚

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. raise, elevate, hoist
2. praise, extol
3. fry in deep fat

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kun: あがる (agaru, 揚がる, Jōyō); あげる (ageru, 揚げる, Jōyō)

Derived terms

• 唐(から)揚(あ)げ (karāge)
• 空(から)揚(あ)げ (karāge)

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Korean

Hanja

揚 (eumhun 오를 양 (oreul yang))
揚 (eumhun 날릴 양 (nallil yang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 揚 (dương, dang, dàng, giàng, dâng, duồng, nhàng)

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