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The character 扬, derived from its traditional form 揚, is structured with the hand radical 扌 and the phonetic component 昜, indicating its original sense of lifting or scattering with the hand. Over time, its meaning expanded from physical actions to abstract uses such as propagating ideas or expressing praise, as seen in compounds like 宣扬 and 表扬. The simplified form 扬 modifies the phonetic element to 𠃓, a streamlined version of 昜, while retaining the hand radical and the core semantic field related to upward or outward motion.
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红旗飘扬在空中。
老师表扬了学生。
他扬手打招呼。
我们要发扬传统。
扬帆起航的时候到了。
她的歌声扬名海外。
我们要扬弃旧观念。
他的事迹被广泛传扬。