EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    (the) positive

  2. Noun

    yang (in Chinese divination)

  3. the open; visible place; public place

    see 陰に陽に

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime

Kun
On
ヨウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1071 of 2500
Radical
mound
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Used in names as

あきあきらあけはるひろやん

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
2d9.5The Kanji Dictionary
7622.7Four corner code
3651deroo
967dUnicode hex code
1-45-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5012Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6470New Nelson (John Haig)
626New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
764Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
453Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
572Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1300Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1397Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
990A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1567Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
753Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41725Morohashi
406A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
630Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
640Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
527sakade
989Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
429henshall3
413Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
834Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
747Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1309Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yang2Pinyin reading
yangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level