楊

See also: 杨

楊	U+694A, 楊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-694A

← 楉
[U+6949]

CJK Unified Ideographs

楋 →
[U+694B]

Translingual

Han character

楊 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木日一竹 (DAMH), four-corner 4692₇, composition ⿰木昜)

Derived characters

鸉(𱉴), 𣿘, 𥂸(𬐠), 𦼴, 𩁒, 𬬍, 𰟣, 𱈾

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 538, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15112
Dae Jaweon: page 926, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1248, character 4
Unihan data for U+694A

Chinese

trad.		楊
simp.		杨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 楊
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (昜) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
湯	l̥ʰaːŋ, l̥ʰaːŋs, *hljaŋ
踼	l̥ʰaːŋ, l̥ʰaːŋʔ, l'aːŋ, l'aːŋs
蝪	*l̥ʰaːŋ
薚	*l̥ʰaːŋ
簜	l̥ʰaːŋ, l'aːŋʔ
盪	l̥ʰaːŋ, l̥ʰaːŋs, *l'aːŋʔ
偒	*l̥ʰaːŋʔ
蕩	l̥ʰaːŋs, l'aːŋʔ
燙	*l̥ʰaːŋs
啺	*l'aːŋ
碭	l'aːŋ, l'aːŋs
婸	*l'aːŋʔ
愓	*l'aːŋʔ
璗	*l'aːŋʔ
崵	l'aːŋʔ, laŋ
逿	*l'aːŋs
暢	*l̥ʰaŋs
畼	*l̥ʰaŋs
腸	*l'aŋ
場	*l'aŋ
傷	hljaŋ, hljaŋs
殤	*hljaŋ
觴	*hljaŋ
慯	hljaŋ, hljaŋs
禓	hljaŋ, laŋ
塲	*hljaŋ
陽	*laŋ
楊	*laŋ
揚	*laŋ
瘍	*laŋ
煬	laŋ, laŋs
鍚	*laŋ
暘	*laŋ
颺	laŋ, laŋs
昜	*laŋ
輰	*laŋ
敭	*laŋ
鰑	*laŋ
諹	laŋ, laŋs
瑒	laŋ, rlaːŋʔ
鸉	*laŋ
餳	*ljaːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *laŋ) : semantic 木 (“tree, wood”) + phonetic 昜 (OC *laŋ) – a kind of tree.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *glaŋ (“poplar, willow”). Cognate with Tibetan ལྕང་མ (lcang ma, “willow”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáng (yang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): joeng⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yiang³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yòng

(Hailu, HRS): rhong

(Meixian, Guangdong): yong²
Northern Min (KCR): iô̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): iòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo² / iuⁿ² / yong² / yeng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iûⁿ / iôⁿ / chhiûⁿ / chhiôⁿ / chhiû / chhiōⁿ / iông / iâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ion⁵ / iên⁵ / iang⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶yan / ²yan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
  - Wade–Giles: yang²
  - Yale: yáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
  - Palladius: ян (jan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴
  - Yale: yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yiang³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiaŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: iong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yong²
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yong²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhong
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yong²
  - Sinological IPA: /iɔŋ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iô̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: iòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: iuⁿ²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩũ¹³/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: yong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: yeng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøŋ¹³/

Note:

ieo2/iuⁿ2 - vernacular;
yong2/yeng2 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: iûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: viuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /iũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iôⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: iônn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: viooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔ̃¹³/
  - IPA (Tainan): /iɔ̃²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviuu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiôⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiônn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃¹³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiû
  - Tâi-lô: tshiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiuu
  - IPA (Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen): /t͡sʰiu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiōⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiōnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvioi
  - IPA (Tainan): /t͡sʰiɔ̃³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
  - Tâi-lô: iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâng
  - Tâi-lô: iâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ¹³/

Note:

iûⁿ/iôⁿ - vernacular (incl. surname);
chhiûⁿ/chhiôⁿ/chhiû/chhiōⁿ - vernacular (in 楊梅／杨梅);
iông/iâng - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ion⁵ / iên⁵ / iang⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iôⁿ / iêⁿ / iâng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩõ⁵⁵/, /ĩẽ⁵⁵/, /iaŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

ion5/iên5 - vernacular;
iang5 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yan
  - MiniDict: yan^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhian
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiã²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²yan
  - MiniDict: yan^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦiã²²³/

Middle Chinese: yang

Rime
Character	楊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與章切
Baxter	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*laŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*laŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	楊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yáng
Middle Chinese	‹ yang ›
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/
English	poplar
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楊
Reading #	1/1
No.	14591
Phonetic component	昜
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陽
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/

Definitions

楊

poplar; aspen; willow
Used in 楊桃／杨桃 (yángtáo).
Used in 楊梅／杨梅 (yángméi).
a surname, listed sixteenth in the Baijiaxing
楊堅／杨坚 ― Yáng Jiān ― Yang Jian (Emperor Wen of Sui)
Young (English given name)

Compounds

周楊 / 周杨 (Zhōuyáng)
垂楊 / 垂杨
垂楊柳 / 垂杨柳
大楊樹 / 大杨树 (Dàyángshù)
曹楊 / 曹杨 (Cáoyáng)
東門之楊 / 东门之杨
柏楊 / 柏杨 (Bǎiyáng)
枯楊生稊 / 枯杨生稊
枯楊生華 / 枯杨生华
桁楊 / 桁杨
楊乃武 / 杨乃武
楊四將軍 / 杨四将军
楊園 / 杨园 (Yángyuán)
楊壋 / 杨垱 (Yángdàng)
楊太真 / 杨太真
楊子 / 杨子
楊家 / 杨家 (Yángjiā)
楊家坡 / 杨家坡 (Yángjiāpō)
楊家坳 / 杨家坳 (Yángjiā'ào)
楊家將 / 杨家将
楊家廠 / 杨家厂 (Yángjiāchǎng)
楊家浲 / 杨家浲 (Yángjiāféng)
楊家湖 / 杨家湖 (Yángjiāhú)
楊寨 / 杨寨 (Yángzhài)
楊山 / 杨山 (Yángshān)
楊嶺 / 杨岭 (Yánglǐng)
楊店 / 杨店 (Yángdiàn)
楊志賣刀 / 杨志卖刀
楊戩 / 杨戬
楊林 / 杨林 (Yánglín)
楊林市 / 杨林市 (Yánglínshì)
楊林橋 / 杨林桥 (Yánglínqiáo)
楊林溝 / 杨林沟 (Yánglíngōu)
楊枝魚 / 杨枝鱼
楊柳 / 杨柳 (yángliǔ)
楊柳腰 / 杨柳腰
楊柳青 / 杨柳青
楊桃 / 杨桃 (yángtáo)
楊梅 / 杨梅 (yángméi)
楊氏係數 / 杨氏系数
楊河 / 杨河 (Yánghé)
楊泗將軍 / 杨泗将军
楊泗菩薩 / 杨泗菩萨
楊溪灣 / 杨溪湾 (Yángxīwān)
楊溪鋪 / 杨溪铺 (Yángxīpù)
楊畈 / 杨畈 (Yángfàn)
楊白花 / 杨白花
楊白頭 / 杨白头
楊花 / 杨花 (yánghuā)
楊花水性 / 杨花水性 (yánghuāshuǐxìng)
楊莊 / 杨庄 (Yángzhuāng)
楊葉竄兒 / 杨叶窜儿
楊貴妃 / 杨贵妃 (Yáng Guìfēi)
楊貴店 / 杨贵店 (Yángguìdiàn)
楊集 / 杨集 (Yángjí)
楊墨 / 杨墨
水性楊花 / 水性杨花 (shuǐxìngyánghuā)
水楊 / 水杨
水楊酸 / 水杨酸 (shuǐyángsuān)
潘楊之睦 / 潘杨之睦
白楊 / 白杨 (báiyáng)
白楊坪 / 白杨坪 (Báiyángpíng)
百步穿楊 / 百步穿杨 (bǎibùchuānyáng)
穿楊 / 穿杨
穿楊百步 / 穿杨百步
穿楊貫蝨 / 穿杨贯虱
綠楊垂柳 / 绿杨垂柳
胡楊 / 胡杨 (húyáng)
赤楊 / 赤杨
銀白楊 / 银白杨
長楊 / 长杨
青楊 / 青杨
章臺楊柳 / 章台杨柳
響楊 / 响杨
風裡楊花 / 风里杨花
黃楊厄閏 / 黄杨厄闰

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (楊):

→ Vietnamese: dương (楊)

Others:

→ English: Yang, Yeung, Yeo, Yeoh, Yong, Young
→ Tagalog: Yu, Young

Japanese

Kanji

楊

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
Kun: やなぎ (yanagi, 楊)

Compounds

楊枝(ようじ) (yōji, “toothpick”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
楊
よう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 楊 (MC yang).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jo̞ː]

Affix

楊(よう) • (yō)

willow; poplar; aspen

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
楊
やなぎ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 楊 – see the following entry.

【やなぎ】

[noun] 柳, 楊, 楊柳: [circa 759] a willow tree

Alternative spellings
柳, 楊柳, ヤナギ

(This term, 楊, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

楊 • (yang) (hangeul 양, revised yang, McCune–Reischauer yang, Yale yang)

(버들): willow

Synonyms

柳

Compounds

垂楊 (수양, suyang) weeping willow

Vietnamese

Han character

楊: Hán Nôm readings: dương

chữ Hán form of Dương (“a surname”).
楊秋香 ― Dương Thu Hương