扬鞭 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

biān whip

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 便 represents the sound.

Components

革 Meaning component

gé leather

便 Sound component

biàn, pián convenience

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjien	pe[n]	whip (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“鞭，驅也。从革，便聲。，古文鞭。”

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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鞭 biān whip

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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

biān whip

yáng raise, praise Traditional