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昂
áng
1. to lift
2. to raise
3. to raise one's head
4. high
5. high spirits
6. soaring
7. expensive
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

昂
áng
to rise; proud, bold, upright
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

低昂
dīáng
ups and down
卡昂
Kǎáng
Caen (French town)
德昂
Déáng
De'ang (ethnic group)
昂仁
Ángrén
Ngamring county, Tibetan: Ngam ring rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
昂利
Ánglì
Henri (name)
昂奋
ángfèn
buoyant
昂山
ÁngShān
Aung San (1915-1947), Burmese general and politician, hero of Myanmar independence movement and father of Aung San Su Kyi [[昂山素季<ÁngShānSùJì>]]
昂扬
ángyáng
elated
昂昂
ángáng
high-spirited
昂然
ángrán
upright and unafraid
昂藏
ángcáng
tall and strongly built
昂贵
ángguì
expensive
HSK 6
昂首
ángshǒu
head high
李昂
LǐÁng
Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong [[文宗<Wénzōng>]] (809-840), reigned 827-840
波昂
Bōáng
Bonn, city in Germany (Tw)
激昂
jīáng
impassioned
轩昂
xuānáng
high
里昂
Lǐáng
Lyon, French city on the Rhône
高昂
gāoáng
to hold (one's head) high
鲁昂
Lǔáng
Rouen (France)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,951
Word Frequency Rank
2,205 of 84,292

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