阳 yáng yang
Made up of [阝 fù 'left ear'; 'right of mound' radical 170, 日 rì sun; day radical 72]Alternative traditional form of character: 陽
Made with 6 strokes.
A representation of sun and hill to give the sunny, south or 'yang' side in contrast to 'yin' north side.
Related characters
Also uses 阝 fù component: 啊 á (what?) 防 fáng (to protect) ; 际 jì (border) ; 陵 líng (mound) ; 隋 suí (Sui) ; 险 xiǎn (danger) ; 阴 yīn (yin) ; 院 yuàn (courtyard) ; 阻 zǔ (to hinder)
Also uses 日 rì component: 白 bái (bright) 曾 céng (once) ; 昌 chāng (prosperous) ; 春 chūn (spring) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 间 jiàn (gap) ; 间 jiān (between) ; 景 jǐng (bright) ; 旧 jiù (old) ; 明 míng (bright) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 普 pǔ (general) ; 晴 qíng (clear sky) ; 是 shì (is) ; 时 shí (time) ; 暑 shǔ (heat) ; 晚 wǎn (evening) ; 香 xiāng (fragrant) ; 星 xīng (star) ; 易 yì (easy) ; 音 yīn (sound) ; 影 yǐng (picture) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 照 zhào (according to) ; 者 zhě (in process of) ; 桌 zhuō (table) ; 最 zuì (most) ; 昨 zuó (previous)
Sounds same
羊 yáng (sheep)Different tone
央 yāng (center)Pronunciation
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Cities
阜阳 Fuyang, Anhui溧阳 Liyang, Jiangsu
贵阳 Guiyang, Guizhou
信阳 Xinyang, Henan
南阳 Nanyang, Henan
安阳 Anyang, Henan
洛阳 Luoyang, Henan
益阳 Yiyang, Hunan
邵阳 Shaoyang, Hunan
岳阳 Yueyang, Hunan
衡阳 Hengyang, Hunan
朝阳 Chaoyang, Liaoning
辽阳 Liaoyang, Liaoning
沈阳 Shenyang, Liaoning
咸阳 Xianyang, Shaanxi
阳泉 Yangquan, Shanxi
绵阳 Mianyang, Sichuan
浏阳 Liuyang, Hunan
揭阳 Jieyang, Guangdong
濮阳 Puyang, Henan
阳江 Yangjiang, Guangdong