What 仰 means
It starts with lifting the face to look upward. In compounds, 仰望 means look up or admire; 仰仗, rely on support; 仰卧, lie face-up.
仰 pairs 亻, the side form of 人 (“person”), with 卬. Traditional explanations picture 卬 as a kneeling person looking up at someone standing.
What does 仰 mean in Japanese?
In Japanese, 仰ぐ reaches beyond looking up. Read あおぐ (roughly a-o-gu, with the first two vowels separate), it can mean revere someone, seek help, or drink in one go. An upward-looking use appears in the 8th century Man'yōshū, a Japanese poetry collection.
Taiwan's CNS11643 reference shows 仰 in several typefaces as of 2026-10-08; the stroke style changes, not the character.
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1Why does 仰 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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