DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

漁陽

简渔阳 · 繁漁陽

Mandarin · pinyin Yú yáng

old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

漁: Look up this written character
陽: yáng · the active, male principle in Chinese philosophy (yang); light; sun
渔: yú · to fish; seize; pursue; surname
阳: yáng · 'male' principle; light; sun

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–2 · Yu2 yang2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links2same-tone records

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

漁陽 · find source passages ↗ · 渔阳 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

name

(archaic) Yuyang (in present day Ji County, Tianjin, northern China)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack