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盎

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(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth; (literary) brimming; abundant

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Strokes
10
Radical
皿 +5
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
盎
Common rank
#3,011
Unicode
U+76CE

Formation & memory

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How 盎 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

皿 meaning “dish” + 央 sound ( yāng )

Components 央 皿

Words with 盎

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WordPinyinMeaning
生机盎然 shēng jī àng rán full of life; exuberant
生气盎然 shēng qì àng rán see 生機盎然|生机盎然[sheng1 yi4 ang4 ran2]
生意盎然 shēng yì àng rán see 生機盎然|生机盎然[sheng1 ji1 ang4 ran2]
盎格鲁萨克逊 Àng gé lǔ Sà kè xùn Anglo-Saxon
盎格鲁撒克逊 Àng gé lǔ Sā kè xùn Anglo-Saxon (people)
盎格鲁 Àng gé lǔ Anglo-
盎斯 àng sī variant of 盎司[ang4 si1]
盎然 àng rán abundant; plentiful; overflowing; exuberant
盎盂相击 àng yú xiāng jī (idiom) to quarrel
盎司 àng sī (loanword) ounce (British imperial system)
盎撒 Àng Sā Anglo-Saxon
盎盂相敲 àng yú xiāng qiāo (idiom) to quarrel

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
央 sound part yāng central; to beg; to run out
英 yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English
映 yìng to project; to reflect; to shine
秧 yāng shoots, sprouts; young rice plants
殃 yāng misfortune, disaster, calamity
鞅 yāng the strap over a horse's neck
鸯 yāng female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
泱 yāng great, expansive; agitated
怏 yàng discontented, dispirited, sad