Memory phrase for the Kanji: 仰


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Meaning

to admire, to face upward, to look up, to rely on

Pronunciation

yǎng

Explanation

Left: person 人, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])

Mnemonic


 
The person is odd but bows down deeply, because he: admires.

Radicals

personA standing person with spread legs.
single-legged rabbitThe character for rabbit 卯 shows a rabbit´s hole with a central passage and two side chambers. The meaning of this radical "single-legged rabbit 卬" is a free interpretation.
rabbit
egg, ovumProbably derived from willow catkins, which are lined up and appear like eggs.
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 Vocabulary

仰光 Yǎng guāng  Yangon (Rangoon), main city of south Myanmar (Burma)
仰卧 yǎng wò  to lie supine
仰望 yǎng wàng  to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully
瞻仰 zhān yǎng  to revere; to admire
瞻仰 zhān yǎng  

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