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

  • Meaning

    揚 means "raise, lift, fry."

    1. Raise - To lift up; to elevate.

    2. Fry - To cook in oil.

    3. Publicize - To make known; to proclaim.

  • 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.
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