敬仰 (jìng yǎng) — to revere, to venerate, to hold in high esteem

Definition

verb

to revereto venerateto hold in high esteem

Easily confused

敬仰。
Tā shì yí wèi lìng rén jìng yǎng de kē xué jiā.
He is a scientist whom people revere.
敬仰。
Zhè wèi lǎo shī shēn shòu xué shēng jìng yǎng.
This teacher is deeply respected by students.
敬仰。
Tā de gāo shàng pǐn gé yíng dé le dà jiā de jìng yǎng.
His noble character won everyone's admiration.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

仰yǎnglook up to

敬 “respect” and 仰 “look up to” combine to mean deep admiration.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

敬 is possibly formed from 茍, a kneeling person or sitting dog, and 攴, a hand holding a stick.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻卬仰

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

卬

卬áng仰yǎng

Same sound today

In 仰, the left part 亻 represents a person, and the right part 卬 gives the sound.

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