U+626C "扬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+626C "扬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means to raise, lift, or scatter, and is widely used in modern Mandarin as both a standalone word and a component in compound terms. Its simplified form, derived from the traditional character 揚, combines the hand radical 扌 on the left with the phonetic element 昜, which also contributes a sense of brightness or spreading. Common words featuring this character include 发扬 (fāyáng, to promote or develop), 表扬 (biǎoyáng, to praise), and 飞扬 (fēiyáng, to fly or flutter upward), illustrating its core semantics of upward or outward motion. As a fundamental element in the written language, 扬 conveys ideas of elevation, dissemination, and positive recognition.