仰

仰 U+4EF0, 仰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF0 ← 仯 [U+4EEF] CJK Unified Ideographs 仱 → [U+4EF1]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

仰 (radical 9 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹女中 (OHVL), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰亻卬)

1. raise the head to look
2. look up to, rely on, admire

Derived charactersEdit

• 𦯒, 𨦪, 𩣍, 𠑕

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 94, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 400
• Dae Jaweon: page 199, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 125, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4EF0

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		仰

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 仰
Small seal script
Large seal script L35073 L35074 L17428 L17429 L17430 L17431 Small seal script s05776
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (large seal) and Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (卬) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
卬	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ
枊	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaːŋs
昂	*ŋaːŋ
仰	*ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs
迎	*ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎng (yang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵, ngong⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): gióng / giáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: yang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeang
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵, ngong⁵
    • Yale: yéuhng, ngóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵, ngong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵, ngong⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³/, /ŋɔːŋ¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gióng
    • Tâi-lô: gióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /giɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /giɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /giɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /giɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giáng
    • Tâi-lô: giáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /giaŋ⁵³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 仰
Mandarin	Beijing	/iɑŋ²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/iaŋ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/iɑŋ¹³/
	Jinan	/iaŋ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/iaŋ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/iaŋ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/niaŋ⁵³/ /iaŋ⁵³/
	Xining	/iɔ̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/iɑŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/iɑ̃⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/iɑŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/iaŋ⁴²/
	Chengdu	/iaŋ⁵³/
	Guiyang	/niaŋ⁴²/
	Kunming	/niã̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/liaŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/iɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iɒ̃⁵³/
	Pingyao	/iɑŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/iɑ̃⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵiã³⁵/ /ȵiã²³/
	Suzhou	/ȵiã⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ȵiɑŋ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ȵi³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/nia³⁵/
	Tunxi	/ȵiau³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵian⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ȵian⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵiɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian
	Taoyuan	/ŋioŋ³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jœŋ²³/
	Nanning	/jœŋ²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/jœŋ¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/giɔŋ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/nyoŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ŋiɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ŋiaŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/niaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɨɐŋ^X/, /ŋɨɐŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	仰	仰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚兩切	魚向切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐŋX/	/ŋɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐŋX/	/ŋiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɑŋX/	/ŋiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨaŋX/	/ŋɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/ŋiaŋX/	/ŋiaŋH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭaŋX/	/ŋĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯aŋX/	/ŋi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎng	yàng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*C.ŋaŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaŋʔ/, /*ŋaŋs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjangX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ŋaŋʔ/
English	lift the face, look up
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仰	仰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	31	33
Phonetic component	卬	卬
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	仰	𨋕
Old Chinese	/*ŋaŋʔ/	/*ŋaŋs/

DefinitionsEdit

仰

1. raise the head to look
2. look up to, admire
3. rely on
4. A surname​.

CompoundsEdit

• 信仰 (xìnyǎng)

• 宗教信仰 (zōngjiào xìnyǎng)

• 敬仰 (jìngyǎng)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

仰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. face-up
2. look up
3. depend
4. seek
5. respect
6. rever
7. drink
8. take

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: ごう (gō)
• Kan’on: ぎょう (gyō, Jōyō)
• Kan’yōon: こう (kō, Jōyō, uncommon)
• Kun: あおぐ (aogu, 仰ぐ, Jōyō); おおせ (ōse, 仰せ, Jōyō); あおる (aoru)

CompoundsEdit

• 仰臥
• 仰角
• 仰山
• 仰視
• 仰天
• 仰望
• 仰様

Related termsEdit

• 仰々しい, 仰仰しい
• 仰けぞる
• 仰っしゃる
• 仰のく
• 仰のける
• 仰向く
• 仰反る

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

仰 • (ang) (hangeul 앙, revised ang, McCune-Reischauer ang)

1. raise the head to look
2. look up to, rely on, admire

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

仰 (ngưỡng)

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