陽 (joeng4 | yang2 chang2) : sun, solar

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陽

joeng4

yang2 chang2

[1] positive (electricity) [2] male; masculine [3] the sun; sunlight; solar [4] the north of a stream [5] the south of a hill [6] bright; brilliant [7] the male genitals [8] pertaining to this world (as opposed to Hades) [9] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: (#170)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

陽 / 阳

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Apr 2010 18:31

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太陽 taai3 joeng4 tai4 yang2 = sun

陽性 joeng4 sing3 yang2 xing4 = masculine

陽光 joeng4 gwong1 yang2 guang1 = sunshine

太陽系 taai3 joeng4 hai6 tai4 yang2 xi4 = Solar System

陽道 joeng4 dou6 = sexual

陽具 joeng4 geoi6 yang2 ju4 = male sexual organ; the penis

陽萎 joeng4 wai2 = sexual impotence

陽春麵 joeng4 ceon1 min6 yang2 chun1 mian4 = Yangchun noodles

陽曆 joeng4 lik6 = solar calendar

陰陽 jam1 joeng4 = yin and yang
See all 125 compounds (CantoDict reports 128 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 陽

她用橙色的蠟筆來畫太陽國
She uses an orange crayon to draw the sun.
[來 here means "in order to" or "to". Marked as unsure: Can an editor please fix the jyutping?]

太陽冉冉上升國
The sun rose slowly.

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Decimal representation of this word: 陽
Unicode code for this character: U+967d (off-site link)

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