陽

See also: 阳

陽 U+967D, 陽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-967D ← 陼 [U+967C] CJK Unified Ideographs 陾 → [U+967E]

Translingual

Han character

陽 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓中日一竹 (NLAMH), four-corner 7622₇, composition ⿰⻖昜)

Derived characters

• 鐊 (𬭏), 𫉤, 𥳜, 𤺹, 𪤝, 𫶖

Related characters

• 阳 (Simplified form of 陽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1355, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41725
• Dae Jaweon: page 1859, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4144, character 3
• Unihan data for U+967D

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Chinese

trad.		陽
simp.		阳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 陽
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

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) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 阜 (“hill”) + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ, “sunshine”) – sun shining on a hill.

Etymology

Either Sino-Tibetan or a Mainland Southeast Asian (MSEA) Wanderwort; compare Burmese လင်း (lang:, “bright”), Lepcha [script needed] (a-lóṅ, “reflective light”), Thai ปลั่ง (bplàng, “bright; shiny”) (Schuessler, 2007).

STEDT provisionally sets up Proto-Kuki-Chin *klaaŋ-I, klaan-II (“shine; light; bright”) and compares it to the following:

• 陽 (OC *laŋ, “sunshine”)
• 景 (OC *kraŋʔ, “bright; scenery”)
• 鏡 (OC *kraŋs, “mirror”)
• 亮 (OC *raŋs, “bright”)
• 章 (OC *kjaŋ, “brilliant, splendid; rule; emblem; display (v.)”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yáng (yang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ён (i͡on, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yòng
• Northern Min (KCR): iô̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): iòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iûⁿ / iôⁿ / iông / iâng

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

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yan

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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/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ён (i͡on, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iôⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iônn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔ̃¹³/
  • (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/

Note:

• iûⁿ/iôⁿ - vernacular;
• iông/iâng - literary.

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

Note:

• iên5 - Chaozhou (in placenames);
• ion5 - Shantou (in placenames).

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶yan
    • MiniDict: yan^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiã²³/

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• Middle Chinese: yang

Rime
Character	陽
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	陽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yáng
Middle Chinese	‹ yang ›
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/
English	bright
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	陽
Reading #	1/1
No.	14590
Phonetic component	昜
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陽
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 陽

1. (philosophy) “male” principle; yang in yin-yang
2. light
3. ^† positive
4. sun

   太陽／太阳  ―  tàiyáng  ―  the Sun

5. male genitals

   陽物／阳物  ―  yángwù  ―  penis

6. open; overt

   陽溝／阳沟  ―  yánggōu  ―  open drain, ditch

7. south side of mountain or north side of river
8. a surname

Antonyms

• 陰／阴 (yīn, “yin”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陽):

• → Japanese: 陽(よう) (yō)
• → Korean: 양(陽) (yang)
• → Vietnamese: dương (陽)

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Japanese

Kanji

陽

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. the sun
2. yang (in contrast to yin)

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kun: ひ (hi, 陽)
• Nanori: あきら (akira); みなみ (minami)

Compounds

Compounds

• 陽気
• 陽極
• 陽光
• 陽性
• 陽暦
• 太陽
• 陽子
• 夕陽

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
陽
ひ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Noun

陽(ひ) • (hi) 

1. Alternative spelling of 日: sun, sunshine

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
陽
よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 陽 (MC yang).

Affix

陽(よう) • (yō) ^{←やう (yau)?}

1. sun; sunlight; light
2. yang (in yin-yang)
3. positive; plus; male
4. open; overt

Noun

陽(よう) • (yō) ^{←やう (yau)?}

1. yang (in yin-yang)
2. open (visible space)

   陰(いん)に陽(よう)に ― in ni yō ni ― openly and covertly; implicitly and explicitly

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Korean

Hanja

陽 (eumhun 볕 양 (byeot yang))

1. sun light
2. the sun
3. yang (in contrast to yin)
4. male
5. morning
6. sky

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 陽 (dương)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds

• dương lịch (陽曆)