鞅 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yāng

leather strap over horse's neck

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components

革 Meaning component

gé

leather

央 Sound component

yāng

beg

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yāng

leather strap over horse's neck; martingale (leather strap in horse harness); discontented

Most common words with 鞅

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	鞅	discontented
	商鞅	Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國\|秦国[Qínguó], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝\|秦朝[Qíncháo]
	商鞅变法	Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國\|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination