Kanji1 / 12
揚 kanji
raise, elevate, hoist, praise, extol, fry in deep fat
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ヨウ
Kun readings
あげる-あげあがる
Words with 揚
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —掲揚Popularhoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying; putting up
- —高揚Popularelevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
- —浮揚Popularfloating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy)
- —抑揚Popularintonation; accent; modulation; inflection
- —悠揚self-possessed; calm
- —揚水pumping up water (e.g. to a high place for energy storage)
- —揚陸unloading (a ship); landing; disembarkation
- —鷹揚large-hearted; generous; liberal; open-handed; magnanimous; easygoing; placid; composed; cool; collected
- —発揚exaltation; elevation; enhancement; promotion; raising
- —称揚praise; admiration; exalting; extolling
- —揚言opening declaration; profession; declaration in public; proclamation
- —飛揚flying; flight
- —揚力dynamic lift; lifting power
- —宣揚enhancement (e.g. of national prestige); raising; heightening; promotion
- —顕揚extolling; exalting
- —止揚sublation
- —揚々triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
- —揚音acute (accent, etc.)
- —揚程lifting height (of a pump, etc.)
- —揚収lifting and recovery (e.g. in marine salvage)