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Kanji Detail for 揚 - "to raise, to fry"

揚

  • Meaning

    揚 means "to raise, to fry." Also associated with to publicize.

    1. Raise - To lift up; to elevate.

    2. Fry - To cook in oil.

    3. Publicize - To make known; to proclaim.

  • Words using 揚

    • 浮揚 ふよう Listen floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy
    • 高揚 こうよう Listen elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift
    • 揚げ あげ Listen deep-frying; deep-fried food; abura-age
    • 水揚げ みずあげ Listen landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish)
    • 掲揚 けいよう Listen hoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying
    • 抑揚 よくよう Listen intonation; accent; modulation

  • Four-character idioms with 揚

    • 国威発揚 こくいはつよう Listen enhancing national prestige; expanding national influence
    • 士気高揚 しきこうよう Listen raising morale; lifting of morale

  • Tattoo check: 揚

    • Verified meaning: to raise, to fry
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あげ, よう)
    • Also carries these associations: to publicize

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 揚

    Given names 揚(よう)Listen

    Surnames 揚(あげ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    raise; elevate; hoist; praise; extol; fry in deep fat

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    scatter, spread; praise

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu; surname Yang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To raise. Such as water's 揚波, wind's 揚塵. | To proclaim. Such as 游揚, 稱揚. | To manifest. Such as 揚名. | One of the ancient nine provinces. Today's Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian were all ancient Yangzhou territory.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yoh(ヨウ) ヨウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    a.garu(あ-がる) あ-がる

    a.ge(あ-げ) あ-げ

    a.geru(あ-げる) あ-げる

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to raise to fry to publicize show hoist lift ascend boost rise climb proclaim oil cook

Sentences including 揚

  • He is a captious man.

  • You always like to trip me up , don't you?

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