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揚

揚 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

raise, elevate, hoist, praise, extol, fry in deep fat

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヨウJHS
Kun (native)
  • あ(げる)JHS
  • 〜あ(げ)
  • あ(がる)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • あがり
Other languages
  • 拼音yang2
  • 한글yang
  • Hán-ViệtDương

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+63DA

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌昜

Words using this kanji

  • 揚げあげdeep-frying, deep-fried food, abura-age
  • 揚げ物あげものdeep-fried food
  • 揚力ようりょく流体内にある物体にかかる力で、流体の運動方向に対して垂直成分となるもの。dynamic lift, lifting power
  • 揚幕あげまくentrance curtain (in noh)
  • 揚水ようすい水を高所に上げること。pumping up water (e.g. to a high place for energy storage)
  • 揚陸ようりく船からの積み荷を陸揚げすること。 地上部隊を上陸させること。unloading (a ship), landing, disembarkation
  • 揚言ようげんわざと大きな声で言うこと。公然と言いふらすこと。また、そのような言葉。opening declaration, profession, declaration in public, proclamation
  • 揚屋あげやhigh-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
  • 揚巻あげまきancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear, Meiji-period women's hairstyle with hair twisted into a knot on top of the head and held in place with a pin, type of dance in kabuki
  • 揚々ようようtriumphant, exultant, in high and proud spirits
  • 揚音ようおんより高く、または強く読まれる音節。 アクセント。acute (accent, etc.)
  • 揚羽あげはswallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
  • 揚程ようていlifting height (of a pump, etc.)
  • 揚収ようしゅうlifting and recovery (e.g. in marine salvage)
  • 揚代あげだいfee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
  • 揚重ようじゅうlifting (heavy load)
  • 揚棄ようき止揚。アウフヘーベン。sublimation, abandonment
  • 揚船ようせんlifting a boat out of the water
  • 揚錨ようびょうraising the anchor, weighing anchor
  • 揚船あげふねship pulled up on a beach, stranded ship

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Four Corner
5602.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c9.5
Heisig
717
Nelson
1966