扬

揚
Yang2
#1,082 most
frequent character
abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2zhou1] in Jiangsu

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

扬 shows a hand 扌 lifting, with 𠃓 yáng, a picture of the sun rising, which also gives the sound. It first meant to hold something up by hand, then grew to 'raise, hoist' and 'wave, flutter'. In Simplified Chinese 𠃓 stands in for 昜, a cursive shortcut.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

扬yáng
to raise, to hoist
扬yáng
variant of 揚|扬[yang2]

Homophones

羊Yang2
surname Yang
杨Yang2
surname Yang

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