卬 is the old form behind 昂 (to hold high) and is not used independently in modern Chinese. It pictures one standing figure looking up at another, and gives the sound or shape in 昂 (to raise), 迎 (to meet / welcome), and 抑 (to press down).
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卬áng
to look up
Treated as one unit. It historically paired a standing person with a kneeling one gazing upward, the 'looking up' image; the modern shape fused so the two figures no longer separate cleanly in 卬.
Filed under radical 卩 (jié, #26) by convention. 卩 is not a separate component in 卬, so no strokes are highlighted.
