卬

卬 · áng

lofty; high; raise; high-priced

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
áng
Cantonese
ngong4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

lofty; high; raise; high-priced

Dictionary definitions & readings

卬 Áng · surname Ang

卬 áng · I (regional colloquial); me; variant of 昂 áng

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10310.120:yǎng,áng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0010.050:áng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
004.100:áng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
áng粵ngong4 yǎng粵joeng5 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ギョウ コウ ゴウ あおぐ あがる たかい Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
앙:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
ngang Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
五岡 魚兩 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HVSL Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2772.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0158.490 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
183.29 311.18 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0699a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+536C
Radical
卩 · 26
Strokes
4
Residual strokes
2
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6504

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

4 strokes
卬
Strokes
4
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

4 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ngang · 五岡 · 宕開一平唐疑 · #857
Middle Chinese
ngjangX · 魚兩 · 宕開三上陽疑 · #1806

PHONO-ML, source line 6944; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
225.104
kDaeJaweon
0363.070
kFennIndex
4.06
kGSR
0699a
kHanYu
10310.120
kIRGDaeJaweon
0363.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10310.120
kIRGKangXi
0158.490
kKangXi
0158.490
kKarlgren
5
kMatthews
44
kMeyerWempe
2073a
kMorohashi
02841
kSBGY
183.29 311.18
kSMSZD2003Index
77.06
kCangjie
HVSL
kFenn
308K
kFourCornerCode
2772.0
kHKGlyph
0443
kMojiJoho
MJ007882
kPhonetic
684 974
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-326A
kIRG_HSource
HB2-C957
kIRG_JSource
J14-2355
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-38BC
kIRG_KSource
K1-664F
kIRG_TSource
T2-2137
kIRG_VSource
V1-4D73
kRSUnicode
26.2
kTotalStrokes
4
kBigFive
C957
kCCCII
216D53
kCNS1986
2-2137
kCNS1992
2-2137
kEACC
216D53
kGB3
1874
kJIS0213
2,03,53
kJis1
2030
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:6504
kTaiwanTelegraph
0600
kXerox
302:104
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14370+26.2.2
kCantonese
ngong4
kDefinition
lofty; high; raise; high-priced
kFanqie
五岡 魚兩
kHangul
앙:1N
kHanyuPinyin
10310.120:yǎng,áng
kJapanese
ギョウ コウ ゴウ あおぐ あがる たかい
kJapaneseKun
NOZOMU NASU TAKABURU
kJapaneseOn
GAU KYAU
kKorean
ANG
kMandarin
áng
kSMSZD2003Readings
áng粵ngong4 yǎng粵joeng5
kTGHZ2013
004.100:áng
kVietnamese
ngang
kXHC1983
0010.050:áng
kSemanticVariant
U+536D<kMatthews

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 卬4forms using this shape3attributed sound links

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰{39}卩$(GHTJKPV) · preserved, not fully parsed

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.