Memory phrase for the character: 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

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.
single-legged rabbitFor this radical we do not have a uniform meaning.
egg, ovumProbably derived from willow catkins, which are lined up and appear like eggs.
rabbitImage of a rabbit's hole with a central passage ||and two side chambers. The rabbit is also: 兔




 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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