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poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus
HSK 7-9
Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013
Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗
willow tree / poplar and willow / name of traditional tune
Rainie Yang (1984-), Taiwanese entertainer
Yang Liwei (1965–), the first Chinese astronaut sent into space
Yangling District in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市, Shaanxi
poplar mushroom (Cyclocybe aegerita)
Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃 (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗
salicylic acid
Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors
red bayberry (Myrica rubra), aka Chinese bayberry
Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion
carambola / star fruit
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  *楊* | 楊* | *楊
surname Yang
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *楊* | 楊* | *楊
poplar
first Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922–2025), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate
fickle (woman)
Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism
Yangpu district, central Shanghai
Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶|神雕侠侣 / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊|杨 and 陽|阳 are homonyms)
poplar / CL:
to shoot with great precision (idiom)
Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 / Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News
weeping willow
Yang Jun (571-600), son of the first Sui emperor 楊堅|杨坚
European poplar (Populus tremula)
gray alder (Alnus incana) / speckled alder
dwarf bayberry (Myrica nana)
Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader
Brigham Young
Jerry Yang (1968-), Taiwan-US millionaire and creator of Yahoo
Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess
Brigham Young University
alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)
Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist
Yangling District in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市, Shaanxi
abbr. for Wang Bo 王勃, Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯, Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻, and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王, the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang
Yang Fujia (1936-), nuclear physicist
Yang Sen (1884-1977), Sichuan warlord and general
lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet
Yang JianLi, PRC human rights activist
alder tree (genus Alnus)
Yang Ningshi (873-954) calligrapher of the Five Dynasties period
Yang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist
Charlie Young (1974-), Hong Kong actress and singer
silver birch / white poplar
white poplar (Populus bonatii)
Yang Bin (1963-), Chinese-Dutch businessman
Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director
Yang Baosen (1909-1958), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
Yang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song dynasties, defended the Song against invasion by the Liao 遼|辽
green alder (Alnus viridis)
Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist / Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar
lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
Yang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰


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