Characters › 阳
6 strokes · radical 阝 (town) · traditional 陽
11 strokes · simplified 阳
A way to remember it
A hillside, 阝, with the sun on it — the lit face of a hill. 阴 is the same hill in shadow, and the pair names everything from the sides of a mountain to the two halves of 阴阳.
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positive (electric.); sun
yáng — positive (electric.); sun
Radical 阝 (town) · 6 strokes · traditional 陽
11 strokes · simplified 阳
A way to remember itA hillside, 阝, with the sun on it — the lit face of a hill. 阴 is the same hill in shadow, and the pair names everything from the sides of a mountain to the two halves of 阴阳.