扬雄

Traditional form:

揚雄

Pinyin (reading):

Yáng Xióng

Definitions:

• Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言 ( Fāngyán)

Characters:

• 扬 - to flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise
• 雄 - alpha male, hero; manly

Traditional characters:

• 揚 - to flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise
• 雄 - alpha male, hero; manly