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鞅

yāng

Character

What 鞅 means

1. martingale (part of a horse's harness)
2. used in {鞅鞅|yāng yāng}

Other readings

鞅 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yàngwooden yoke for a draft ox

Words starting with 鞅

• 鞅掌yāng zhǎng(literary) busy (with work etc)
• 鞅牛yàng niúox harnessed for plowing
• 鞅鞅yāng yāngdissatisfied; displeased; aggrieved

Words containing 鞅

• 商鞅Shāng YāngShang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦国
• 牛鞅niú yàngwooden yoke for a draft ox
• 商鞅变法Shāng Yāng biàn fǎShang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the…
• 逸尘断鞅yì chén duàn yānglit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness; fig. to ride like the wind (idiom)

Characters built on 央

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

• 盎àng(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth…
• 殃yāngcalamity
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯
• 秧yāngsapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry
• 怏yàngdiscontented
• 泱yāngagitated (wind, cloud); boundless

Sounds the same

Read yāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 央center; end; to beg
• 殃calamity
• 秧sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry
• 鸯used in 鸳鸯
• 泱agitated (wind, cloud); boundless
• 胦the navel
• 鉠(onomatopoeia) ring; tinkle