卬
ángáng

high

Depicts a person kneeling (卩) looking up to a person standing (人).

Components

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person

Depicts a person standing upright.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.
卩
卩 Iconic component
jié person kneeling

Depicts a person kneeling.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

迎昂

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

仰

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngang[k.ŋ]ˤaŋ high; lift high
ngangŋˤaŋ I, me

說文解字

《說文》：“卬，望欲有所庶及也。从匕，从卪。”

Sources

Character origin
Lawrence J. Howell "Etymological Dictionary of Han/Chinese Characters" p.42-43
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)