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揚 = 扌 + 昜

揚 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hoist”. It is built from 扌 (finger) and 昜 (piggy bank). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 717.

Keyword
hoist
RTK frame
717
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヨウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あ.げる, -あ.げ, あ.がる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
raise, подъемник
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
揚 scatter

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 扌 finger
  2. 昜 piggy bank

How to find 揚 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “finger” + “piggy bank”. 揚 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 揚 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.