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Translingual
Han character
瑤 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一土月人山 (MGBOU), four-corner 17172, composition ⿰𤣩⿱𱼀缶 or ⿰𤣩䍃)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 739, character 1
- Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1132, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7464
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 搖
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*lews, *lew
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| 遙
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*lew
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| 瑤
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*lew
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| 徭
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*lew
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| 鰩
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*lew
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| 媱
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*lew
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| 傜
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*lew
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| 颻
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*lew
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| 窰
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*luː
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| 愮
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*lew
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| 鷂
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*lew, *lews
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| 榣
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*lew
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| 嗂
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*lew
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| 猺
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*lew
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| 謠
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*lew
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| 鎐
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*ʔsloːwɢ
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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瑤
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14706
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Phonetic
component
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謠
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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遙
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Old
Chinese
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/*lew/
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Definitions
瑤
- (literary) precious jade
- (literary) fine; precious
- (～族) Yao people
- alt. forms: 傜 (yáo), 猺 (yáo), 徭 (yáo)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
瑤
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 瑶)
- beautiful (as a jewel)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
瑤 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)
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Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
瑤: Hán Việt readings: dao
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Compounds
References
- Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
- Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
- Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999