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Kanji Detail for 昂 - "high, to rise, to be stirred"

昂

  • Meaning

    昂 means "high, to rise, to be stirred."

    1. To rise - To go up high.

    2. To be stirred - To become excited; emotions running high.

    3. High - Having height; elevated.

  • Four-character idioms with 昂

    • 意気軒昂 いきけんこう Listen in high spirits; elated

  • Tattoo check: 昂

    • Verified meaning: high, to rise, to be stirred
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, こう, ごう, たかし)

    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 昂

    Given names 昂(あきら)Listen 昂(こう)Listen 昂(たかし)Listen 昂(たくみ)Listen 昂(のぼる)Listen 昂(ひさし)Listen

    Surnames 昂(ごう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rise

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rise, raise; proud, bold; upright

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to lift; to raise; to raise one's head; high; high spirits; soaring; expensive

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to rise; proud, bold, upright

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

    To raise high. Raising the head is called 昂首. Looking up and down is called 低昂. A proud bearing is called 軒昂, 昂藏. High spirits are called 激昂. | When prices are high, it is called 昂. Such as 故昂其價 (deliberately raising the price).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    goh(ゴウ) ゴウ

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    a.garu(あ-がる) あ-がる

    taka.buru(たかぶ-る) たかぶ-る

    taka.i(たか-い) たか-い

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to be stirred high to rise exalt heighten soar elevate ascend lofty noble grand majestic raised proud excited

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