昂

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to lift; to raise; to raise one's head; high; high spirits; soaring; expensive

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

日 meaning “sun” + 卬 sound ( áng )

Components 日卬

hold one’s head high · Heisig RSH #2690

sun + stamp collection

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
昂首天外	áng shǒu tiān wài	(idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens; (idiom) arrogant; haughty
卡斯蒂利亚·莱昂	Kǎ sī dì lì yà · Lái áng	Castilla-Leon, north Spanish province
塞拉利昂	Sài lā lì áng	Sierra Leone
德昂族	Dé áng zú	De'ang ethnic group
昂纳克	Áng nà kè	Honecker (name); Erich Honecker (1912-1994), East German communist politician, party gener…
莱昂纳多	Lái áng nà duō	Leonardo (name)
昂仁县	Áng rén Xiàn	Ngamring, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市\|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
昂山素季	Áng Shān Sù Jì	Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-), Myanmar opposition leader and 1991 Nobel Peace laureate; also wr…
昂山	Áng Shān	Aung San (1915-1947), Burmese general and politician, hero of Myanmar independence movemen…
陈子昂	Chén Zǐ áng	Chen Zi'ang (c. 661-702), Tang dynasty poet
高昂	gāo áng	to hold (one's head) high; expensive; high (spirits etc)
昂利	Áng lì	Henri (name)
德昂	Dé áng	De'ang ethnic group
里昂	Lǐ áng	Lyon, French city on the Rhône
斗志昂扬	dòu zhì áng yáng	having high fighting spirit
昂山素姬	Áng Shān Sù Jī	see 昂山素季[Ang2 Shan1 Su4 Ji4]
卡昂	Kǎ áng	Caen (French town)
昂然	áng rán	upright and unafraid
昂船洲	Áng chuán zhōu	Stonecutters Island
波昂	Bō áng	Bonn, city in Germany (Tw)

Characters sharing the sound component 卬 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
卬 sound part	áng	lofty; high; to raise; high-priced, expensive
迎	yíng	to welcome, to receive, to greet
抑	yì	to curb, to hinder; to keep down, to repress