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攘

rǎng

Character

What 攘 means

1. literaryto push up one's sleeves
2. literaryto reject; to resist
3. literaryto seize; to steal
4. literaryto perturb
5. Taiwan pr. ráng

Words starting with 攘

• 攘善rǎng shànto claim credit due to others; to appropriate others' credit or honor
• 攘场rǎng chángto spread harvested grain over an area
• 攘外rǎng wàito resist foreign aggression
• 攘夷rǎng yíto repel the barbarians
• 攘夺rǎng duóto seize
• 攘攘rǎng rǎngdisorderly; confused; chaotic
• 攘灾rǎng zāito ward off calamities; to avoid disaster
• 攘窃rǎng qièto usurp; to steal
• 攘羊rǎng yángto take home sb else's stray sheep
• 攘臂rǎng bìto bare one's arms (in agitation)
• 攘袖rǎng xiùto roll up the sleeves
• 攘辟rǎng bìto stand off; to make way
• 攘除rǎng chúto get rid of; to weed out; to reject
• 攘外安内rǎng wài ān nèito resist foreign aggression and pacify the interior of the country (idiom)
• 攘诟rǎng gòuto clear oneself of dishonor
• 攘袂rǎng mèito rise to action with a determined shake of the arms
• 攘攘熙熙rǎng rǎng xī xīsee 熙熙攘攘

Words containing 攘

• 熙熙攘攘xī xī rǎng rǎng(idiom) bustling with activity
• 寇攘kòu rǎngto rob and steal
• 扰攘rǎo rǎngbustling; to create trouble; to disturb
• 枉攘wǎng rǎngtumultuous; disorderly
• 熙攘xī rǎngrestless
• 乱咕攘luàn gū rangto disturb (dialect)
• 兵戈扰攘bīng gē rǎo rǎngarms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
• 熙来攘往xī lái rǎng wǎnga place buzzing with activity (idiom)
• 闹闹攘攘nào nào rǎng rǎngto create an uproar

Characters built on 襄

These share the phonetic component 襄 (xiāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 壤rǎng(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天
• 嚷rǎngto shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth
• 穰rángabundant; stalk of grain
• 瓤rángpulp (of fruit); sth inside a covering; bad
• 曩nǎngin former times
• 禳rángsacrifice for avoiding calamity

Characters that look like 攘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 爆bàoto explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil
• 疆jiāngborder; boundary
• 灌guànto irrigate; to pour; to install (software)
• 壤rǎng(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天
• 簿bùa book; a register; account-book
• 獾huānbadger

Sounds the same

Read rǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嚷to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth
• 壤(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天