Chinese symbol for “brimming”
盎
àng
(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth; (literary) brimming; abundant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brimming is 盎 (àng), defined as: (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth; (literary) brimming; abundant.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 盎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盎司 | àng sī | (loanword) ounce (British imperial system) |
| 盎然 | àng rán | abundant; plentiful; overflowing; exuberant |
| 生机盎然 (生機盎然) | shēng jī àng rán | full of life; exuberant |
| 盎斯 | àng sī | variant of 盎司 (àng sī) |
| 生意盎然 | shēng yì àng rán | see 生机盎然 (shēng jī àng rán) |
| 生气盎然 (生氣盎然) | shēng qì àng rán | see 生机盎然 (shēng yì àng rán) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brimming”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.