hoist
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揚 is a 12 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as yáng in the second tone.
In simplified Chinese the character 扬 is used.
It is made up of the components 扌 (hand) and 昜 (expand/bright).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 揚
Definitions for 揚 pronounced as yáng
- abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1]
- surname Yang
- to raise
- to hoist
- the action of tossing or winnowing
- scattering (in the wind)
- to flutter
- to propagate
Vocabulary
The most common words for 揚 — see all
- to praise
- to commend
- Yangzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu
- to rise
- to fly upward
Collections
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The First 1000 Traditional Chinese Characters
by MandarinPoster ※ 1000 characters