楊

surname Yang

poplar

to open out, to expand / bright, glorious

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

old variant of 陽[yang2]

Yang Bin (1963-), Chinese-Dutch businessman

alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)

lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument

lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument

Rainie Yang (1984-), Taiwanese entertainer

Yang Jun (571-600), son of the first Sui emperor 楊堅|杨坚[Yang2 Jian1]

Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet

Yang Ningshi (873-954) calligrapher of the Five Dynasties period

Yang Liwei (1965-), astronaut, first Chinese citizen in space

first Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604

see 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]

Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist / Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar

Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors

Yang Baosen (1909-1958), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生

Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader

Yang JianLi, PRC human rights activist

Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate

Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director

Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism

weeping willow