Dong Chinese dictionary

áng, ang

high

Depicts a person kneeling (卩) looking up to a person standing (人).

Components

人 Iconic component

rén

person

Depicts a person standing upright.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.

卩 Iconic component

jié

person kneeling

Depicts a person kneeling.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

áng

lofty; high; raise; high-priced; I (regional colloquial); me; variant of 昂[áng]

Ang

surname Ang

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Sources

Lawrence J. Howell "Etymological Dictionary of Han/Chinese Characters" p.42-43