仰

See also: 𠈟 and 𠇩

仰 U+4EF0, 仰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF0 ← 仯 [U+4EEF] CJK Unified Ideographs 仱 → [U+4EF1]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

仰 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹女中 (OHVL) or 人竹山中 (OHUL), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰亻卬)

Derived characters

• 𱒟, 𰉫, 𨦪, 𬳖, 𩣍, 𦯒, 𬚣, 𫤋, 𠑕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 94, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 400
• Dae Jaweon: page 199, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 125, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4EF0

Chinese

Wikipedia has an article on:

• 仰姓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05776 Transcribed ancient scripts L35073 L35074 L17428 L17429 L17430 L17431
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (卬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
卬	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ
枊	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaːŋs
昂	*ŋaːŋ
仰	*ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs
迎	*ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		仰
alternative forms		𠈟 𠇆 𬽸 佒 𢓋

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎng (yang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ / ngong⁵
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngong³
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngiōng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ngyorng³ / ngoeng³ / ngyoeng³ / ngyang³ / ngieng³ / ngieo³ / ngiao³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gióng / giáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngiang²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnian; ⁵gnian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎng
    • Wade–Giles: yang³
    • Yale: yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵ / ngong⁵
    • Yale: yéuhng / ngóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ / ngong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ / ngong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³/, /ŋɔːŋ¹³/

Note: ngong5 - vernacular (also written as 昂).

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngong³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋɔŋ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyoŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngyorng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ngiô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyɒŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋœŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngyoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyøŋ³³²/
  • (Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngyang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyɐŋ³³²/
  • (Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngieng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋieŋ³³²/
  • (Putian, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngieo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋieu⁴⁵³/
  • (Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngiao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiɐu⁴⁵³/

Note:

• ngyorng3/ngoeng3/ngyoeng3/ngyang3/ngieng3 - literary (e.g. 敬仰);
• ngieo3/ngiao3 - vernacular (e.g. 仰瓦).

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gióng
    • Tâi-lô: gióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giorng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giáng
    • Tâi-lô: giáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngiang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiaŋ⁵²/
Note: literary.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnian; ⁵gnian
    • MiniDict: nyan^去; nyan^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyian; ²'nyian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiã²³/, /n̠ʲiã³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 仰
Mandarin	Beijing	/iɑŋ²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/iaŋ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/iɑŋ¹³/
	Jinan	/iaŋ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/iaŋ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/iaŋ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/niaŋ⁵³/ /iaŋ⁵³/
	Xining	/iɔ̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/iɑŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/iɑ̃⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/iɑŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/iaŋ⁴²/
	Chengdu	/iaŋ⁵³/
	Guiyang	/niaŋ⁴²/
	Kunming	/niã̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/liaŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/iɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iɒ̃⁵³/
	Pingyao	/iɑŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/iɑ̃⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵiã³⁵/ /ȵiã²³/
	Suzhou	/ȵiã⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ȵiɑŋ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ȵi³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/nia³⁵/
	Tunxi	/ȵiau³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵian⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ȵian⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵiɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian
	Taoyuan	/ŋioŋ³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jœŋ²³/
	Nanning	/jœŋ²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/jœŋ¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/giɔŋ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/nyoŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ŋiɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ŋiaŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/niaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjangX

Rime
Character	仰
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚兩切
Baxter	ngjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/ŋiaŋX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭaŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋaŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjangX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ŋaŋʔ/
English	lift the face, look up
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仰
Reading #	1/2
No.	31
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	仰
Old Chinese	/*ŋaŋʔ/

Definitions

仰

1. to raise the head to look

   Antonym: 俯 (fǔ)

2. to look up to; to admire
3. to face upward; to flip
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to trace back
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in official documents in the old days; shows deference to a superior, and hope to a subordinate.
6. a surname

Compounds

• 久仰 (jiǔyǎng)
• 久仰大名 (jiǔyǎngdàmíng)
• 久仰山斗
• 人仰馬翻 / 人仰马翻 (rényǎngmǎfān)
• 仰不愧天
• 仰之彌高 / 仰之弥高 (yǎngzhīmígāo)
• 仰事俯畜
• 仰人鼻息 (yǎngrénbíxī)
• 仰光 (Yǎngguāng)
• 仰八叉
• 仰八腳兒 / 仰八脚儿
• 仰剌叉
• 仰天 (yǎngtiān)
• 仰天大笑
• 仰天太息
• 仰天長歎 / 仰天长叹
• 仰屋
• 仰屋竊歎 / 仰屋窃叹
• 仰屋興嘆 / 仰屋兴叹
• 仰屋著書 / 仰屋著书
• 仰息
• 仰慕 (yǎngmù)
• 仰承
• 仰攀
• 仰望 (yǎngwàng)
• 仰止
• 仰求
• 仰泳 (yǎngyǒng)
• 仰爬
• 仰看
• 仰視 / 仰视 (yǎngshì)
• 仰秣
• 仰翻
• 仰臥 / 仰卧 (yǎngwò)
• 仰藥 / 仰药 (yǎngyào)
• 仰觀 / 仰观 (yǎngguān)
• 仰觀俯察 / 仰观俯察
• 仰角 (yǎngjiǎo)
• 仰面 (yǎngmiàn)
• 仰韶
• 仰韶文化
• 仰首伸眉
• 信仰 (xìnyǎng)
• 俛仰 / 俯仰 (fǔyǎng)
• 俯仰 (fǔyǎng)
• 倒仰
• 俯仰之間 / 俯仰之间 (fǔyǎngzhījiān)
• 俯仰無愧 / 俯仰无愧 (fǔyǎngwúkuì)
• 俯仰由人
• 健仰
• 偃仰
• 六馬仰秣 / 六马仰秣
• 前仰後合 / 前仰后合
• 前俯後仰 / 前俯后仰
• 前合後仰 / 前合后仰
• 四仰八叉 (sìyǎngbāchā)
• 宗仰 (zōngyǎng)
• 宗教信仰 (zōngjiào xìnyǎng)
• 後仰前合 / 后仰前合
• 後合前仰 / 后合前仰
• 打仰
• 敬仰 (jìngyǎng)
• 景仰 (jǐngyǎng)
• 欽仰 / 钦仰 (qīnyǎng)
• 民間信仰 / 民间信仰 (mínjiān xìnyǎng)
• 沒投仰仗 / 没投仰仗
• 沒頭仰仗 / 没头仰仗
• 泛靈信仰 / 泛灵信仰
• 渴仰 (kěyǎng)
• 溈仰宗 / 沩仰宗
• 瞻仰 (zhānyǎng)
• 祗仰
• 與世俯仰 / 与世俯仰
• 與世偃仰 / 与世偃仰
• 鑽仰 / 钻仰
• 鑽堅仰高 / 钻坚仰高
• 馬仰人翻 / 马仰人翻 (mǎyǎngrénfān)
• 高山仰之
• 高山仰止 (gāoshānyǎngzhǐ)
• 高山安仰
• 鬼靈信仰 / 鬼灵信仰

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		仰
alternative forms		𠈟 𠇆 𬽸 𢓋

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎng (yang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎng
    • Wade–Giles: yang³
    • Yale: yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ǹg
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ²¹³/

Note: vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: ngjangH

Rime
Character	仰
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚向切
Baxter	ngjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/ŋiaŋH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭaŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仰
Reading #	2/2
No.	33
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𨋕
Old Chinese	/*ŋaŋs/

Definitions

仰

1. to rely on

Compounds

• 仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)
• 仰借
• 仰哺
• 仰成
• 仰杖 (yǎngzhàng)
• 仰給 / 仰给
• 仰給於人 / 仰给于人
• 仰賴 / 仰赖 (yǎnglài)
• 仰食 (yǎngshí)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 仰 – see 昂 (“high”). (This character is an obsolete form of 昂).

Compounds

• 仰仰

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		仰
alternative forms		樣／样

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngióng

  (Hailu, HRS): ngiong^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiong⁴

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngióng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiong^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiong³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯oŋ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiong^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋioŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiɔŋ⁵³/

Definitions

仰

1. (Hakka) how
   • 2021, “忘了”‎performed by 彭柏邑 [Boiii P]:

     仰會無人在這位了 [Hailu Hakka, trad.]
     仰会无人在这位了 [Hailu Hakka, simp.]

     ngiongˊ voi+ mo ngin diˇ liaˊ vui+ leˋ [Taiwanese Hakka Romanization System]

     How come there is no one here?

Compounds

• 仰仔
• 仰來 / 仰来
• 仰做得
• 仰般

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “仰”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00100
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “仰”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 253.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 仰

仰

(Jōyō kanji)

1. face-up
2. look up
3. depend
4. seek
5. respect
6. revere
7. drink
8. take

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ぎょう (gyō, Jōyō)^{←ぎやう (gyau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: こう (kō, Jōyō ^†)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: あおぐ (aogu, 仰ぐ, Jōyō)^{←あふぐ (afugu, 仰ぐ, historical)}、おおせ (ōse, 仰せ, Jōyō)^{←おほせ (ofose, 仰せ, historical)}、あおる (aoru)^{←あほる (aforu, historical)}、おっしゃる (ossharu, 仰っしゃる)

Compounds

• 仰(ぎょう)臥(が) (gyōga)
• 仰(ぎょう)角(かく) (gyōkaku)
• 仰(ぎょう)山(さん) (gyōsan)
• 仰(ぎょう)視(し) (gyōshi)
• 仰(ぎょう)天(てん) (gyōten)
• 仰(ぎょう)望(ぼう) (gyōbō)
• 仰(の)け様(ざま) (nokezama)

Related terms

• 仰(ぎょう)々(ぎょう)しい (gyōgyōshii), 仰(ぎょう)仰(ぎょう)しい (gyōgyōshii)
• 仰(の)けぞる (nokezoru), 仰反(のけぞ)る (nokezoru)
• 仰(お)っしゃる (ossharu)
• 仰(あお)のく (aonoku)
• 仰(あお)のける (aonokeru)
• 仰(あお)向(む)く (aomuku)

Korean

Hanja

仰 (eum 앙 (ang))

1. to raise the head to look
2. to look up; to rely on; to admire

Vietnamese

Han character

仰: Hán Nôm readings: ngưỡng, ngẳng, ngẵng, ngãng, khưỡng, ngẩng, ngẫng, ngửng

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation