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昂

昂 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. たかぶる、たかめる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「日」 + 音符「卬」。「あがる」を意味する漢語｛昂｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

rise

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
  • ゴウ
Kun (native)
  • あ(がる)
  • たか(い)
  • たか(ぶる)
Nanori (used in names)
  • あき
  • あきら
  • たか
  • たかし
  • のぼる
Other languages
  • 拼音ang2
  • 한글ang
  • Hán-ViệtNgang

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
日(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6602

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱日卬

Words using this kanji

  • 昂然こうぜん気負って意気込むさま。elated, triumphant, proud

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

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Lookup codes

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