攘
(literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist; (literary) to seize; to steal; (literary) to perturb; Taiwan pr. [rang2]
Closest English meanings
to reject·seize·crowd·to resist
The Calligrapher — Zhāng Yùzhào 张裕钊
Qing calligrapher who created the square-within-round Nangong script.
Qing calligrapher (), master of regular script — known for 南宫体. Qing dynasty
Cultural Story
攘 is the bared arm. The Analects praises the man who 攘外 without neglecting the home; 攘除 is to clear the pestilence or the traitor. 攘 is also the elbow thrown in a press — 攘攘 the noisy market. So the word holds both the patriot at the wall and the picker in the crowd, the high cause and the small shove.
Common words & phrases
- 攘除 to remove · to eliminate
- 攘夺 to seize · to usurp
- 攘攘 crowded · turbulent
- 攘外 to resist foreign aggression
Read the story behind the character
Officials 攘外 in the headline about the border; a shopper 攘 through the sale rack. 攘夺 is the rival firm seizing the account; 攘攘 the subway at eight. The word has thinned to the formal and the literary, but it still names the elbow in the ribs and the hand on the gate, keeping the world at bay.
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