扬眉 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

yáng raise, praise Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 𠃓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 揚.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

𠃓 Sound component

yáng bright

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

méi eyebrows

Depicts hair above the eye (目).

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts eyebrows.

目 Iconic component

mù eye

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mij	mr[ə][r]	eyebrow

說文解字

《說文》：“眉，目上毛也。从目，象眉之形，上象頟理也。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yáng raise, praise Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

昜 Sound component

yáng bright

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yang	laŋ	raise

說文解字

《說文》：“揚，飛舉也。从手，易聲。，古文。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

扬 yáng raise, praise Simplified

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眉 méi eyebrows

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Sound (1 of 8 verified)

Iconic (1)

Remnant (1)

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說文解字

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揚 yáng raise, praise Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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yáng raise, praise Simplified

méi eyebrows

yáng raise, praise Traditional