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to face upward; to look up; to admire; to rely on

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To exalt 卬 a person 亻

Components 亻卬

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人 person + stamp collection

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
仰光大金塔	Yǎng guāng Dà Jīn tǎ	Great Pagoda of Yangon (Rangoon)
前仰后合	qián yǎng hòu hé	to sway to and fro; to rock back and forth
笑不可仰	xiào bù kě yǎng	to double up with laughter (idiom)
人仰马翻	rén yǎng mǎ fān	to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom); in a pitiful state; in a complete mess; to roll (with…
信仰者	xìn yǎng zhě	believer
久仰大名	jiǔ yǎng dà míng	I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
仰人鼻息	yǎng rén bí xī	to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's livin…
仰头	yǎng tóu	to raise one's head
仰天	yǎng tiān	to face upwards; to look up to the sky
众人敬仰	zhòng rén jìng yǎng	universally admired; highly esteemed by everyone
四仰八叉	sì yǎng bā chā	(idiom) sprawled out on one's back
仰光	Yǎng guāng	Yangon (Rangoon), city, capital of Myanmar from 1948 to 2006
仰角	yǎng jiǎo	(math.) angle of elevation
信仰	xìn yǎng	to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction
仰卧起坐	yǎng wò qǐ zuò	sit-up (physical exercise)
仰视	yǎng shì	to tilt one's head back to see (sth); to look up at
前俯后仰	qián fǔ hòu yǎng	to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
俯仰之间	fǔ yǎng zhī jiān	in a flash
仰卧式	yǎng wò shì	corpse pose (yoga)
钻坚仰高	zuān jiān yǎng gāo	lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analec…