Yang may refer to:

  • the bright force in yin and yang, one half of the two symbolic polarities in Chinese philosophy
  • the Sun in this philosophy
  • Korean yang, former unit of currency of Korea from 1892 to 1902
  • YANG, a data modeling language for the NETCONF network configuration protocol

Geography

  • Yang County, in Shaanxi, China
  • Yangzhou (ancient China), also known as Yang Prefecture
  • Yang (state), ancient Chinese state
  • Yang, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province
  • Yang River (disambiguation)

People

  • Yang, one of the names for the Karen people in the Thai language
  • Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional monarch of Malaysia
  • Yang (surname) (楊), a Chinese surname
  • Yang (surname 陽), a Chinese surname
  • Yang (surname 羊), a Chinese surname
  • Yang (Korean surname)
  • Yang Rong (businessman) (, born 1957), Chinese businessman

Fictional characters

  • Cristina Yang, on the TV show Grey's Anatomy
  • Yang, from the show Yin Yang Yo!
  • Kodokuna Yang, a character in Ninjago
  • Yang, Experiment 502 in Lilo & Stitch: The Series
  • Yang Fang Leiden, from Final Fantasy IV
  • Yang Lee, in the Street Fighter III series of videogames
  • Mr. Yang, the Yin Yang serial killer in an episode of Psych
  • Yang Wen-li, from Legend of the Galactic Heroes
  • Yang Xiao Long, a character from the RWBY animated series

See also

  • Yang-style tai chi, a Chinese martial art named after the Yang family