Read Edit View history Discussion 阳 yáng HSK2 light Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint The traditional characters 陰 (Yin) and 陽 (Yang) were simplified to 阴 and 阳. In Chinese philosophy, the moon (月) corresponds to Yin (阴) and the sun (日) corresponds to Yang (阳). Pinyin Separate values with commas yáng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 陽 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 阝 is a component form of 阜. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 阳 Simp strokes 阳 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Simplified from the traditional 陽. Used here since the sun corresponds to the 'Yang' of 'Yin and Yang' in Chinese philosophy. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 阳 Simp strokes 阳 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 阳 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 238, 697 ], [ 260, 689 ], [ 342, 723 ], [ 376, 728 ], [ 385, 728 ], [ 400, 715 ], [ 393, 687 ], [ 360, 630 ], [ 343, 578 ], [ 349, 540 ], [ 378, 494 ], [ 398, 447 ], [ 398, 391 ], [ 392, 380 ], [ 362, 381 ], [ 275, 406 ] ], [ [ 164, 719 ], [ 184, 704 ], [ 205, 673 ], [ 212, 568 ], [ 209, 282 ], [ 201, 191 ], [ 181, 76 ], [ 182, 10 ] ], [ [ 490, 628 ], [ 522, 596 ], [ 531, 536 ], [ 531, 358 ], [ 514, 220 ], [ 514, 161 ] ], [ [ 557, 611 ], [ 569, 600 ], [ 588, 603 ], [ 777, 652 ], [ 806, 637 ], [ 826, 615 ], [ 831, 231 ], [ 817, 194 ], [ 781, 204 ], [ 761, 228 ] ], [ [ 557, 400 ], [ 570, 411 ], [ 666, 426 ], [ 711, 429 ], [ 734, 422 ] ], [ [ 546, 195 ], [ 570, 210 ], [ 751, 233 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 242 669 Q 285 676 330 698 Q 349 708 361 697 Q 368 691 358 671 Q 316 568 324 548 Q 324 547 327 543 Q 384 438 366 417 Q 359 405 334 408 Q 303 412 268 411 Q 243 412 272 398 Q 327 370 380 335 Q 395 320 410 334 Q 426 344 435 370 Q 451 430 390 515 Q 351 569 363 592 Q 396 659 440 693 Q 441 696 444 696 Q 465 709 454 723 Q 441 742 400 763 Q 378 772 362 759 Q 305 716 230 700 C 201 693 213 663 242 669 Z", "M 230 700 Q 229 701 227 702 Q 202 723 172 732 Q 162 733 154 724 Q 150 718 159 706 Q 204 598 188 319 Q 173 178 151 109 Q 142 81 147 58 Q 157 21 171 5 Q 184 -10 194 6 Q 230 48 231 295 Q 231 607 242 669 C 245 689 245 689 230 700 Z", "M 546 613 Q 524 631 495 640 Q 486 641 480 633 Q 476 627 484 617 Q 529 515 499 301 Q 480 220 483 203 Q 493 169 504 156 Q 516 143 525 157 Q 535 169 541 190 L 547 224 Q 553 258 553 393 L 553 421 Q 553 542 558 581 C 560 603 560 603 546 613 Z", "M 746 209 Q 777 169 799 133 Q 809 114 820 115 Q 838 116 854 152 Q 873 192 869 241 Q 860 350 853 553 Q 852 586 868 609 Q 878 622 868 632 Q 849 653 793 676 Q 774 686 759 675 Q 686 641 546 613 C 517 607 528 576 558 581 Q 574 581 744 622 Q 768 628 781 619 Q 811 589 794 251 Q 793 248 793 243 Q 789 224 769 233 Q 765 234 761 237 C 732 245 728 233 746 209 Z", "M 553 393 Q 560 392 571 393 Q 662 405 729 411 Q 754 414 745 428 Q 735 444 708 449 Q 681 453 553 421 C 524 414 523 395 553 393 Z", "M 541 190 Q 551 189 563 190 Q 621 203 746 209 C 776 210 783 217 761 237 Q 754 244 746 248 Q 730 258 699 251 Q 615 233 547 224 C 517 220 511 192 541 190 Z" ] } 6 strokes 阳 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 238, 697 ], [ 260, 689 ], [ 342, 723 ], [ 376, 728 ], [ 385, 728 ], [ 400, 715 ], [ 393, 687 ], [ 360, 630 ], [ 343, 578 ], [ 349, 540 ], [ 378, 494 ], [ 398, 447 ], [ 398, 391 ], [ 392, 380 ], [ 362, 381 ], [ 275, 406 ] ], [ [ 164, 719 ], [ 184, 704 ], [ 205, 673 ], [ 212, 568 ], [ 209, 282 ], [ 201, 191 ], [ 181, 76 ], [ 182, 10 ] ], [ [ 490, 628 ], [ 522, 596 ], [ 531, 536 ], [ 531, 358 ], [ 514, 220 ], [ 514, 161 ] ], [ [ 557, 611 ], [ 569, 600 ], [ 588, 603 ], [ 777, 652 ], [ 806, 637 ], [ 826, 615 ], [ 831, 231 ], [ 817, 194 ], [ 781, 204 ], [ 761, 228 ] ], [ [ 557, 400 ], [ 570, 411 ], [ 666, 426 ], [ 711, 429 ], [ 734, 422 ] ], [ [ 546, 195 ], [ 570, 210 ], [ 751, 233 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 242 669 Q 285 676 330 698 Q 349 708 361 697 Q 368 691 358 671 Q 316 568 324 548 Q 324 547 327 543 Q 384 438 366 417 Q 359 405 334 408 Q 303 412 268 411 Q 243 412 272 398 Q 327 370 380 335 Q 395 320 410 334 Q 426 344 435 370 Q 451 430 390 515 Q 351 569 363 592 Q 396 659 440 693 Q 441 696 444 696 Q 465 709 454 723 Q 441 742 400 763 Q 378 772 362 759 Q 305 716 230 700 C 201 693 213 663 242 669 Z", "M 230 700 Q 229 701 227 702 Q 202 723 172 732 Q 162 733 154 724 Q 150 718 159 706 Q 204 598 188 319 Q 173 178 151 109 Q 142 81 147 58 Q 157 21 171 5 Q 184 -10 194 6 Q 230 48 231 295 Q 231 607 242 669 C 245 689 245 689 230 700 Z", "M 546 613 Q 524 631 495 640 Q 486 641 480 633 Q 476 627 484 617 Q 529 515 499 301 Q 480 220 483 203 Q 493 169 504 156 Q 516 143 525 157 Q 535 169 541 190 L 547 224 Q 553 258 553 393 L 553 421 Q 553 542 558 581 C 560 603 560 603 546 613 Z", "M 746 209 Q 777 169 799 133 Q 809 114 820 115 Q 838 116 854 152 Q 873 192 869 241 Q 860 350 853 553 Q 852 586 868 609 Q 878 622 868 632 Q 849 653 793 676 Q 774 686 759 675 Q 686 641 546 613 C 517 607 528 576 558 581 Q 574 581 744 622 Q 768 628 781 619 Q 811 589 794 251 Q 793 248 793 243 Q 789 224 769 233 Q 765 234 761 237 C 732 245 728 233 746 209 Z", "M 553 393 Q 560 392 571 393 Q 662 405 729 411 Q 754 414 745 428 Q 735 444 708 449 Q 681 453 553 421 C 524 414 523 395 553 393 Z", "M 541 190 Q 551 189 563 190 Q 621 203 746 209 C 776 210 783 217 761 237 Q 754 244 746 248 Q 730 258 699 251 Q 615 233 547 224 C 517 220 511 192 541 190 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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