攘

攘 · rǎng

seize, take by force; repel

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
rǎng
Cantonese
joeng4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

seize, take by force; repel

Dictionary definitions & readings

攘 rǎng · (literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist; (literary) to seize; to steal; (literary) to perturb; Taiwan pr. ráng

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
31985.020:ràng,rǎng,níng,xiǎng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0955.130:rǎng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
312.170:rǎng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
rǎng粵joeng4 rǎng粵joeng6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ジョウ ニョウ ドウ ショウ ぬすむ はらう Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
양:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
nhường Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
汝陽 如兩 人樣 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
QYRV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5003.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0463.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
174.28 312.15 425.01 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0730e Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6518
Radical
手 · 64
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
17
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6421

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

20 strokes
攘
Strokes
20
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

20 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
nyang · 汝陽 · 宕開三平陽日 · #817
Middle Chinese
nyangX · 如兩 · 宕開三上陽日 · #1817
Middle Chinese
nyangH · 人樣 · 宕開三去陽日 · #2894

PHONO-ML, source line 6533; 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
597.207
kDaeJaweon
0812.170
kFennIndex
225.02 225.06
kGSR
0730e
kHanYu
31985.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
0812.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31985.020
kIRGKangXi
0463.110
kKangXi
0463.110
kMatthews
3079
kMeyerWempe
3886d
kMorohashi
12989
kNelson
2032
kSBGY
174.28 312.15 425.01
kSMSZD2003Index
272.12
kCangjie
QYRV
kFenn
369G
kFourCornerCode
5003.2
kGradeLevel
5
kHKGlyph
1690
kMojiJoho
MJ012914
kPhonetic
1160
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-4841
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C463
kIRG_JSource
J0-5A37
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F7F5
kIRG_KSource
K0-6541
kIRG_TSource
T1-796E
kIRG_VSource
V1-5771
kRSUnicode
64.17
kTotalStrokes
20
kBigFive
C463
kCCCII
214232
kCNS1986
1-796E
kCNS1992
1-796E
kEACC
214232
kGB0
4033
kGB1
4033
kJis0
5823
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
2376
kTGH
2013:6421
kTaiwanTelegraph
2376
kXerox
266:320
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5052+64.3.17
kCantonese
joeng4
kDefinition
seize, take by force; repel
kFanqie
汝陽 如兩 人樣
kHangul
양:0N
kHanyuPinyin
31985.020:ràng,rǎng,níng,xiǎng
kJapanese
ジョウ ニョウ ドウ ショウ ぬすむ はらう
kJapaneseKun
HARAU NUSUMU
kJapaneseOn
JOU
kKorean
YANG
kMandarin
rǎng
kSMSZD2003Readings
rǎng粵joeng4 rǎng粵joeng6
kTGHZ2013
312.170:rǎng
kVietnamese
nhường
kXHC1983
0955.130:rǎng

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Structure & connections

0.10
27dictionary records using 攘0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
扌 beside 襄 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰扌襄$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰扌襄$(GHTJKPV)

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