扬
敭yáng
#1,082 most
frequent character
variant of 揚|扬[yang2]
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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