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Traditional | 堯 |
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Shinjitai (extended) |
尭 |
Simplified | 尧 |
堯 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土土土山 (GGGU), four-corner 40211, composition ⿱垚兀)
trad. | 堯 | |
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simp. | 尧 | |
alternative forms | 垚 尭 𠒖 𡊪 𡋰 |
Historical forms of the character 堯 | ||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Ancient script | Small seal script |
Old Chinese | |
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撓 | *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ |
鐃 | *rŋaːw |
譊 | *rŋaːw |
橈 | *rŋaːws, *ŋjew |
磽 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ |
墝 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw |
穘 | *hŋreːw |
顤 | *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws |
燒 | *hŋjew, *hŋjaws |
饒 | *ŋjew, *ŋjaws |
蟯 | *ŋjew, *ʔŋew |
蕘 | *ŋjew |
襓 | *ŋjew |
繞 | *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws |
遶 | *ŋjewʔ |
嬈 | *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws |
趬 | *ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews |
蹺 | *ŋ̊ʰew |
翹 | *ɡew, *ɡews |
澆 | *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws |
驍 | *ŋkeːw |
僥 | *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw |
堯 | *ŋeːw |
垚 | *ŋeːw |
嶢 | *ŋeːw |
獟 | *ŋeːws |
膮 | *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ |
嘵 | *hŋeːw |
憢 | *hŋeːw |
曉 | *hŋeːwʔ |
皢 | *hŋeːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋeːw) : phonetic 垚 (OC *ŋeːw) + semantic 兀 (“towering and bald”). Also an ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 垚 (“tall (of earth)”) + 兀 (“towering and bald”).
The oracle bone script consists of two 土 (“soil; earth”) at the top and one 兀 at the bottom.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Variety | Location | 堯 |
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Mandarin | Beijing | /iau³⁵/ |
Harbin | /iau²⁴/ | |
Tianjin | /iɑu⁴⁵/ | |
Jinan | /iɔ⁴²/ | |
Qingdao | /iɔ⁴²/ | |
Zhengzhou | /iau⁴²/ | |
Xi'an | /iau²⁴/ | |
Xining | /iɔ²⁴/ | |
Yinchuan | /iɔ⁵³/ | |
Lanzhou | /iɔ⁵³/ | |
Ürümqi | /ʐɔ⁵¹/ | |
Wuhan | /iau²¹³/ | |
Chengdu | /iau³¹/ | |
Guiyang | /iao²¹/ | |
Kunming | /iɔ³¹/ | |
Nanjing | /iɔo²⁴/ | |
Hefei | /iɔ⁵⁵/ | |
Jin | Taiyuan | /iau¹¹/ |
Pingyao | ||
Hohhot | /iɔ³¹/ | |
Wu | Shanghai | /ɦiɔ²³/ /ȵiɔ²³/ |
Suzhou | /ɦiæ¹³/ | |
Hangzhou | /ȵiɔ²¹³/ | |
Wenzhou | /ȵa³¹/ | |
Hui | Shexian | /niɔ⁴⁴/ |
Tunxi | /io⁴⁴/ | |
Xiang | Changsha | /iau¹³/ |
Xiangtan | /iaɯ¹²/ | |
Gan | Nanchang | |
Hakka | Meixian | /ŋiau¹¹/ |
Taoyuan | /ŋieu²²/ | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jiu²¹/ |
Nanning | /jiu²¹/ | |
Hong Kong | /jiu²¹/ | |
Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /giau³⁵/ |
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ŋieu⁵³/ | |
Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /iau²¹/ | |
Shantou (Teochew) | /ŋiãu⁵⁵/ | |
Haikou (Hainanese) | /zau³¹/ |
堯
尭 | |
堯 |
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 尭)
堯 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)
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