揚

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12
Simplified Form: 扬

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yáng
Cantonese: joeng4
JapaneseKun: AGERU AGARU AGE
JapaneseOn: YOU
Korean: YANG
Vietnamese: dương

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: scatter, spread; praise

CE-Dict: to raise/to hoist/the action of tossing or winnowing/scattering (in the wind)/to flutter/to propagate

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to lift or raise
2.to spread or make known

1.blown or tossed about by the wind; to float
2.to fly; to blow away
3.to scatter; to spread

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: raise; spread; winnow

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: raise; winnow

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》揚飛舉也。从手昜聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】揚
〔古文〕敭𠭲【唐韻】與章切【集韻】余章切【正韻】移章切，𠀤音陽。飛舉也。【詩·王風】揚之水，不流束薪。【傳】揚，激揚也。【疏】謂水急激而飛揚，波流疾之意也。又【豳風】以伐遠揚。【疏】謂長條揚起者。　又【增韻】發也，顯也。【廣韻】舉也。【易·夬卦】揚于王庭。【疏】發揚決斷之事於王者之庭。【書·堯典】明明揚側陋。【禮·文王世子】或以言揚。【疏】能言語應對，亦舉用之。　又稱說也。【禮·祭統】銘者，自名以稱揚其先祖之美，而明著之後世者也。【前漢·季布傳】使僕游揚足下，名於天下，顧不美乎。又【爾雅·釋詁】𢋐揚，續也。　又簸去糠粃也。【詩·小雅】維南有箕，不可以簸揚。　又眉上下曰揚。【詩·鄘風】揚且之皙也。【傳】揚，眉上廣。【又】子之淸揚。【疏】揚者，眉上之美名。旣名眉爲揚，因謂眉之上，眉之下皆曰揚。　又鉞也。【詩·大雅】干戈戚揚。　又州名。【書·禹貢】淮海惟揚州。【疏】江南之氣躁勁，厥性輕揚，故曰揚州。亦曰：州界多水，水波揚也。　又姓。【揚雄·自序】揚別爲一族。周宣王子尚父封揚侯，因氏。又宋揚避舉，明揚光休。　通作颺。

Buddhism words and phrases give, hand up, lift up, hoist, raise, rise

CF-Dict: lever/soulever/jeter en l'air/faire connaître/répandre

Finnish: kohottaa, leiskua (tuli); ylistää, ilmoitta, kuuluttaa, tiedottaa; hajottaa, levittää, sinkoaa