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Translingual
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Han character
仰 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹女中 (OHVL), four-corner 27220, composition ⿰亻卬)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 94, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 400
- Dae Jaweon: page 199, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 125, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4EF0
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 仰
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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| Small seal script
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
- Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
- Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
- Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
- Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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Old Chinese
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| 卬
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*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ
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| 枊
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*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaːŋs
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| 昂
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*ŋaːŋ
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| 仰
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*ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs
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| 迎
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*ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note: ngong5 - vernacular (also written as
昂).
Note: literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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仰
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yǎng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ngjangX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.ŋaŋʔ/
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| English
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lift the face, look up
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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仰
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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31
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Phonetic
component
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卬
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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仰
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋaŋʔ/
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Definitions
仰
- to raise the head to look
- to look up to; to admire
- to face upward; to flip
- † to trace back
- † Used in official documents in the old days; shows deference to a superior, and hope to a subordinate.
- a surname
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to raise the head to look”): 俯 (fǔ)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Note:
- yǎng - Mainland and Taiwan standard;
- yàng - obsolete.
Note: vernacular.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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仰
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| Reading #
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2/2
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33
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Phonetic
component
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卬
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𨋕
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋaŋs/
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Definitions
仰
- to rely on
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
仰
- Alternative form of 昂 (“high”)
Compounds
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Definitions
仰
- (Hakka) how
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
仰
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- face-up
- look up
- depend
- seek
- respect
- revere
- drink
- take
Readings
- Go-on: ごう (gō)←がう (gau, historical)
- Kan-on: ぎょう (gyō, Jōyō)←ぎやう (gyau, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: こう (kō, Jōyō †)←かう (kau, historical)
- Kun: あおぐ (aogu, 仰ぐ, Jōyō)←あふぐ (afugu, 仰ぐ, historical); おおせ (ōse, 仰せ, Jōyō)←おほせ (ofose, 仰せ, historical); あおる (aoru)←あほる (aforu, historical); おっしゃる (ossharu, 仰っしゃる)
Compounds
Related terms
Korean
Hanja
仰 (eum 앙 (ang))
- to raise the head to look
- to look up; to rely on; to admire
Vietnamese
Han character
仰: Hán Nôm readings: ngưỡng, ngẳng, ngẵng, ngãng, khưỡng, ngẩng, ngẫng, ngửng
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