仰

仰 U+4EF0, 仰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF0 ← 仯 [U+4EEF] CJK Unified Ideographs 仱 → [U+4EF1]

Translingual

Han character

仰 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹女中 (OHVL), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰亻卬)

Derived characters

• 𦯒, 𨦪, 𩣍, 𠑕

References

• KangXi: page 94, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 400
• Dae Jaweon: page 199, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 125, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4EF0

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05776 Transcribed ancient scripts L35073 L35074 L17428 L17429 L17430 L17431
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (卬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
卬	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ
枊	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaːŋs
昂	*ŋaːŋ
仰	*ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs
迎	*ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		仰
alternative forms		佒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎng (yang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵, ngong⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngióng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiong³

• Min Dong (BUC): ngiōng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gióng / giáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngiang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎng
    • Wade–Giles: yang³
    • Yale: yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵, ngong⁵
    • Yale: yéuhng, ngóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵, ngong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵, ngong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³/, /ŋɔːŋ¹³/

Note: ngong5 - vernacular (also written as 昂).

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngióng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯oŋ³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲiɔŋ³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyoŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gióng
    • Tâi-lô: gióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giorng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giáng
    • Tâi-lô: giáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngiang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiaŋ⁵²/

Note: literary.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 仰
Mandarin	Beijing	/iɑŋ²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/iaŋ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/iɑŋ¹³/
	Jinan	/iaŋ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/iaŋ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/iaŋ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/niaŋ⁵³/ /iaŋ⁵³/
	Xining	/iɔ̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/iɑŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/iɑ̃⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/iɑŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/iaŋ⁴²/
	Chengdu	/iaŋ⁵³/
	Guiyang	/niaŋ⁴²/
	Kunming	/niã̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/liaŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/iɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iɒ̃⁵³/
	Pingyao	/iɑŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/iɑ̃⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵiã³⁵/ /ȵiã²³/
	Suzhou	/ȵiã⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ȵiɑŋ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ȵi³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/nia³⁵/
	Tunxi	/ȵiau³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵian⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ȵian⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵiɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian
	Taoyuan	/ŋioŋ³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jœŋ²³/
	Nanning	/jœŋ²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/jœŋ¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/giɔŋ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/nyoŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ŋiɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ŋiaŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/niaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɨɐŋ^X/

Rime
Character	仰
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/ŋiaŋX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋaŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjangX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ŋaŋʔ/
English	lift the face, look up
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	仰
Reading #	1/2
No.	31
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	仰
Old Chinese	/*ŋaŋʔ/

Definitions

仰

1. to raise the head to look
2. to look up to; to admire
3. to face upward; to flip
4. ^† to trace back
5. ^† Used in official documents in the old days; shows deference to a superior, and hope to a subordinate.
6. a surname

Antonyms

• (to raise the head to look): 俯 (fǔ)

Compounds

Derived terms from 仰

• 久仰 (jiǔyǎng)
• 久仰大名 (jiǔyǎngdàmíng)
• 仰不愧天
• 仰事俯畜
• 仰人鼻息
• 仰光 (Yǎngguāng)
• 仰八叉
• 仰剌叉
• 仰天 (yǎngtiān)
• 仰天大笑
• 仰天太息
• 仰屋
• 仰息
• 仰慕 (yǎngmù)
• 仰承
• 仰攀
• 仰望 (yǎngwàng)
• 仰止
• 仰求
• 仰泳 (yǎngyǒng)
• 仰爬
• 仰看
• 仰秣
• 仰翻
• 仰角 (yǎngjiǎo)
• 仰面 (yǎngmiàn)
• 仰韶

• 仰韶文化
• 仰首伸眉
• 信仰 (xìnyǎng)
• 俯仰 (fǔyǎng)
• 俯仰由人
• 倒仰
• 偃仰
• 健仰
• 四仰八叉
• 宗仰 (zōngyǎng)
• 宗教信仰 (zōngjiào xìnyǎng)
• 打仰
• 敬仰 (jìngyǎng)
• 景仰 (jǐngyǎng)
• 渴仰
• 瞻仰 (zhānyǎng)
• 祗仰
• 高山仰之
• 高山仰止 (gāoshānyǎngzhǐ)
• 高山安仰
• 久仰山斗
• 人仰馬翻／人仰马翻 (rényǎngmǎfān)
• 仰之彌高／仰之弥高 (yǎngzhīmígāo)
• 仰八腳兒／仰八脚儿
• 仰天長歎／仰天长叹
• 仰屋竊歎／仰屋窃叹
• 仰屋興嘆／仰屋兴叹

• 仰屋著書／仰屋著书
• 仰臥／仰卧 (yǎngwò)
• 仰藥／仰药 (yǎngyào)
• 仰視／仰视 (yǎngshì)
• 仰觀／仰观 (yǎngguān)
• 仰觀俯察／仰观俯察
• 俛仰／俯仰
• 俯仰之間／俯仰之间
• 俯仰無愧／俯仰无愧 (fǔyǎngwúkuì)
• 六馬仰秣／六马仰秣
• 前仰後合／前仰后合
• 前俯後仰／前俯后仰
• 前合後仰／前合后仰
• 後仰前合／后仰前合
• 後合前仰／后合前仰
• 欽仰／钦仰 (qīnyǎng)
• 民間信仰／民间信仰 (mínjiān xìnyǎng)
• 沒投仰仗／没投仰仗
• 沒頭仰仗／没头仰仗
• 泛靈信仰／泛灵信仰
• 溈仰宗／沩仰宗
• 與世俯仰／与世俯仰
• 與世偃仰／与世偃仰
• 鑽仰／钻仰
• 鑽堅仰高／钻坚仰高
• 馬仰人翻／马仰人翻 (mǎyǎngrénfān)
• 鬼靈信仰／鬼灵信仰

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		仰
alternative forms		佒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎng, yàng (yang³, yang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ, ㄧㄤˋ

• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): ng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎng
    • Wade–Giles: yang³
    • Yale: yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàng
    • Wade–Giles: yang⁴
    • Yale: yàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanq
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ⁵¹/

Note:

• yǎng - Mainland and Taiwan standard;
• yàng - obsolete.

Min Nan

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ng³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ǹg
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ²¹³/

Note: vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɨɐŋ^H/

Rime
Character	仰
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚向切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/ŋiaŋH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仰
Reading #	2/2
No.	33
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𨋕
Old Chinese	/*ŋaŋs/

Definitions

仰

1. to rely on

Compounds

• 仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)
• 仰借
• 仰哺

• 仰成
• 仰杖
• 仰食 (yǎngshí)

• 仰給／仰给
• 仰給於人／仰给于人
• 仰賴／仰赖 (yǎnglài)

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		仰
alternative forms		昂 卬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áng (ang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áng
    • Zhuyin: ㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áng
    • Wade–Giles: ang²
    • Yale: áng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: arng
    • Palladius: ан (an)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑŋ³⁵/

Definitions

仰

1. Alternative form of 昂 (áng, “high”).

Compounds

• 仰仰

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		仰
alternative forms		樣／样

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngióng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiong⁴

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngióng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯oŋ³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲiɔŋ⁵³/

Definitions

仰

1. (Hakka) how

   • 仰會無人在這位了 [Hailu Hakka, trad.]
     仰会无人在这位了 [Hailu Hakka, simp.]

     From: 2021, 彭柏邑, 忘了

     How come there is no one here?

Compounds

• 仰仔
• 仰做得

• 仰般

• 仰來／仰来

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Japanese

Kanji

仰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. face-up
2. look up
3. depend
4. seek
5. respect
6. revere
7. drink
8. take

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ぎょう (gyō, Jōyō)^{←ぎやう (gyau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: こう (kō, Jōyō ^†)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: あおぐ (aogu, 仰ぐ, Jōyō)^{←あふぐ (afugu, historical)}; おおせ (ōse, 仰せ, Jōyō)^{←おほせ (ofose, historical)}; あおる (aoru)^{←あほる (aforu, historical)}; おっしゃる (ossharu, 仰っしゃる)

Compounds

• 仰(ぎょう)臥(が) (gyōga)
• 仰(ぎょう)角(かく) (gyōkaku)
• 仰(ぎょう)山(さん) (gyōsan)
• 仰(ぎょう)視(し) (gyōshi)
• 仰(ぎょう)天(てん) (gyōten)
• 仰(ぎょう)望(ぼう) (gyōbō)
• 仰(の)け様(ざま) (nokezama)

Related terms

• 仰(ぎょう)々(ぎょう)しい (gyōgyōshii), 仰(ぎょう)仰(ぎょう)しい (gyōgyōshii)
• 仰(の)けぞる (nokezoru), 仰反(のけぞ)る (nokezoru)
• 仰(お)っしゃる (ossharu)
• 仰(あお)のく (aonoku)
• 仰(あお)のける (aonokeru)
• 仰(あお)向(む)く (aomuku)

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Korean

Hanja

仰 (eum 앙 (ang))

1. to raise the head to look
2. to look up; to rely on; to admire

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Vietnamese

Han character

仰: Hán Nôm readings: ngưỡng, ngẳng, ngẵng, ngãng, khưỡng, ngẩng, ngẫng, ngửng

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References

• Nom Foundation