See also:
U+694A, 楊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-694A

[U+6949]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+694B]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 75, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木日一竹 (DAMH), four-corner 46927, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 538, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15112
  • Dae Jaweon: page 926, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1248, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+694A

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
   

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *laŋ): semantic (tree, wood) + phonetic (OC *laŋ) – a kind of tree.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *glaŋ (poplar, willow). Cognate with Tibetan ལྕང་མ (lcang ma, willow).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • iûⁿ/iôⁿ - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • chhiûⁿ/chhiôⁿ/chhiû/chhiōⁿ - vernacular (in 楊梅杨梅);
  • iông/iâng - literary.
Note:
  • ion5/iên5 - vernacular;
  • iang5 - literary.
  • Wu

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (36)
    Final () (105)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter yang
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /jɨɐŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /jiɐŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /iɑŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /jɨaŋ/
    Li
    Rong
    /iaŋ/
    Wang
    Li
    /jĭaŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /i̯aŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    yáng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    joeng4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    yáng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ yang ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*laŋ/
    English poplar

    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 14591
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*laŋ/

    Definitions edit

    1. poplar; aspen; willow
    2. Used in 楊桃杨桃 (yángtáo).
    3. Used in 楊梅杨梅 (yángméi).
    4. a surname, listed sixteenth in the Baijiaxing
        ―  Yáng Jiān  ―  Yang Jian (Emperor Wen of Sui)
    5. Young (English given name)

    Compounds edit

    Descendants edit

    Sino-Xenic ():
    • Vietnamese: dương ()

    Others:

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 1 edit

    Kanji in this term
    よう
    Jinmeiyō
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese (MC yang).

    Pronunciation edit

    Affix edit

    (よう) (

    1. willow; poplar; aspen

    Etymology 2 edit

    Kanji in this term
    やなぎ
    Jinmeiyō
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
    やなぎ
    [noun] , , 楊柳: [circa 759] a willow tree
    Alternative spellings
    , 楊柳, ヤナギ
    (This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (yang) (hangeul , revised yang, McCune–Reischauer yang, Yale yang)

    1. (버들): willow

    Synonyms edit

    Compounds edit

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: dương

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