Dong Chinese dictionary

yáng

light

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

yáng

bright

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yáng

'male' principle; light; sun; positive (electric.); male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yīn]

Most common words with 陽

Sources