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Kanji Detail for 仰 - "to look up, to revere"

仰

  • Meaning

    仰 means "to look up, to revere." Also associated with command.

    1. To look up - To raise one's face and look upward.

    2. Command - An order; instructions from superiors.

    3. To lie face up - To turn face upward.

    4. To revere - To respect; to worship.

    5. To say - The honorific form of "to say."

  • Words using 仰

    • 信仰 しんこう Listen (religious) faith; belief; creed
    • 仰ぐ あおぐ Listen to look up (at); to look up to; to respect
    • 仰向け あおむけ Listen facing upward

  • Four-character idioms with 仰

    • 俯仰天地 ふぎょうてんち Listen looking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of); swearing by Heaven and Earth (having done nothing to be ashamed of)
    • 随喜渇仰 ずいきかつごう Listen worship with adoration; ardent admiration

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    • Verified meaning: to look up, to revere
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あおい, あおぎ, あおぐ, こう)
    • Also carries these associations: command

    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 仰

    Given names 仰(あおい)Listen 仰(あおぐ)Listen 仰(たかし)Listen

    Surnames 仰(あおぎ)Listen 仰(こう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    face-up; look up; depend; seek; respect; revere; drink; take

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    raise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admire

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Yang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    raise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admire

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

    Raising one's head upward. Such as 俯仰 (looking up and down). | Orders from superiors to inferiors are called 仰. Used in official documents from higher to lower levels. | To admire respectfully. Such as 久仰大名 (long admired your great name). | Depending on others is called 仰. Like saying 仰仗 (rely on).

  • Onyomi

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    gyoh(ギョウ) ギョウ

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

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    ao.gu(あお-ぐ) あお-ぐ

    oo.se(おお-せ) おお-せ

    ossha.ru(お-っしゃる) お-っしゃる

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    to look up to revere command to lie face up to say supine admire gaze honor respect rely on request appeal ask beg observe raise seek superiors stare

Sentences including 仰

  • Suddenly , he fell down on his back.

  • He was lying on his back.

  • He looked up at the sky.

  • He was amazed at the news.

  • He lay face up.

  • He was lying on his back , looking at the sky.

  • I look up to him as my teacher.

  • He laid on his back.

  • He was amazed at the news.

  • Look up to the skies.

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