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The character 扬 is a phono-semantic compound, with the hand radical 扌 (shǒu) on the left indicating it relates to hand actions. Its traditional form 揚 uses the component 昜 (yáng) on the right, which originally depicted the sun rising and serves as the phonetic element, also suggesting upward movement. The simplified form replaces 昜 with the element 𠃓. The character fundamentally means to raise, hoist, flutter, or scatter, combining the hand radical's manual action with the upward sense from its phonetic component.
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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。