抑扬

抑

yì

扬

揚

yáng

modulation (rising and falling pitch) / intonation / a cadence / to rise and fall (of a body floating in water)

Characters and words in 抑扬

抑

yì = y + Ø4

to restrain / to restrict / to keep down / or

抑 = 卬 + 扌 : Erich Honecker (卬) is trying to keep Maud Younger (y) down (抑) with a toy claw (扌) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but soon Maud will end his rule.

扬

揚

yáng = y + ang2

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

扬

揚

yáng = y + ang2

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

扬 = 𠃓 + 扌 : At the end of the day, Maud Younger (y) hoists (扬) a red lantern to show the visitors of the anglepod that the kitchen (ang2) is closed. Half the way up though the lantern gets stuck, so Maud Younger has to put on her Icarus' wings (𠃓), fly to the lantern and free it using a toy claw (扌).

扬

敭

yáng = y + ang2

variant of 揚|扬[yang2]