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yāng

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yāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yāng | yang1
English translation
the strap over a horse's neck

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About yāng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

yāng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

leather

Etymology of yāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

革央

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yāng represents the sound.

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Words with yāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yāng discontented yāng
商鞅 Shāng Yāng Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国 Qín guó [Qín​guó], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝 Qín cháo |秦朝 Qín cháo [Qín​cháo]商鞅 Shāng Yāng
商鞅变法 Shāng Yāng biàn fǎ Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 Qín guó of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination商鞅變法

yāng Decomposition & Compounds

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