阳

陽
yáng
#649 most
frequent character
positive (electric.), sun

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

阳 has ⻖ row of hills as picture part and 日 sun as meaning and sound part. It first named a mountain. The sun or light meaning was borrowed for sound, then grew to the yang force.

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Homophones

羊yáng
sheep
洋yáng
ocean, vast, multitudinous, foreign
扬yáng
to raise, to hoist
杨yáng
poplar

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