Memory phrase for the character: 昂

昂

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Meaning to lift, raise one's head, soaring, expensive

Pronunciation

áng

Explanation

Top: sun 日, bottom: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])

Mnemonic
 
Looking at the sun, the bowed person has: raised. (Or: In sunshine 日 the one-legged 卬 rabbit 卯 will raise the head.)

Radicals

日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
卬 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.
卵 egg, ovum
卯 rabbit
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 Vocabulary

昂贵 áng guì  expensive; costly
激昂 jī áng  aroused to indignation
高昂 gāo áng  with head held high; in high spirits; elation
高昂 gāo áng  

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