鞅(yāng)

14 strokes
Readingsyāngyàng

martingale (part of a horse's harness)

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Character information

Pinyin
yāng / yàng
Meaning
martingale (part of a horse's harness); used in 鞅鞅[yang1 yang1]
Strokes
14
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 鞅 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰革央

In this compound, the meaning comes from 革 (leather); 央 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

革gé央yāng

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 鞅 step by step

14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 鞅

Common words using 鞅 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shāng商yāng鞅

Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state…

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niú牛yāng鞅

wooden yoke for a draft ox

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yāng鞅zhǎng掌

(literary) busy (with work etc)

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yì逸chén尘duàn断yāng鞅

lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness

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Related characters

From 鞅’s common words

商牛掌逸尘断

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