遙

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 遙. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 遙, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 遙 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 遙 you have here. The definition of the word 遙 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of遙, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 遥
遙 U+9059, 遙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9059
← 遘
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 遚 →

Translingual

Traditional 遙
Shinjitai
(extended) 		遥
Simplified 遥

Han character

遙 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜月人山 (YBOU), four-corner 37307, composition ⿺辶⿱𱼀缶 or ⿺辶䍃)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1262, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39035
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1757, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3873, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9059

Chinese

trad. 遙/遥
simp. 遥
2nd round simp. ⿺辶夭
alternative forms 姚
邎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (謠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
搖 *lews, *lew
遙 *lew
瑤 *lew
徭 *lew
鰩 *lew
媱 *lew
傜 *lew
颻 *lew
窰 *luː
愮 *lew
鷂 *lew, *lews
榣 *lew
嗂 *lew
猺 *lew
謠 *lew
鎐 *ʔsloːwɢ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 遙
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 餘昭切
Baxter yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiɛu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/jæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jiaw/
Li
Rong 		/iɛu/
Wang
Li 		/jĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jiu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 遙
Reading # 1/1
No. 14705
Phonetic
component 		謠
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		遙
Old
Chinese 		/*lew/

Definitions

遙

  1. distant; far away

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

遥

Kyūjitai

遙

Kanji

遙

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 遥)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

  • Go-on: よう (yō)←えう (eu, historical)←𛀁う (yeu, ancient)
  • Kan-on: よう (yō)←えう (eu, historical)←𛀁う (yeu, ancient)
  • Kun: はるか (haruka, 遙か)

Korean

Hanja

遙 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

遙: Hán Nôm readings: diêu, dao, dìu

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia