揚

abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] / surname Yang

to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

to open out, to expand / bright, glorious

old variant of 陽[yang2]