懂中文 Dong Chinese

鞅

yāng

leather strap over horse's neck

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components
革 meaning component

革  Meaning component

gé

  

leather

央 sound component

央  Sound component

yāng

  

beg

Evolution

鞅 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鞅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鞅 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
鞅 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鞅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鞅  

yāng

leather strap over horse's neck; martingale (leather strap in horse harness); discontented

Most common words with 鞅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鞅

discontented

商鞅

Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qín​guó], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qín​cháo]

商鞅变法

Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination