堯
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See also: 尧
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Translingual
| Traditional | 堯 |
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| Shinjitai (extended) |
尭 |
| Simplified | 尧 |
Han character
堯 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土土土山 (GGGU), four-corner 40211, composition ⿱垚兀)
Derived characters
- 僥, 嘵, 墝, 嬈, 嶢, 徺, 憢, 撓, 澆, 獟, 隢, 曉, 橈, 燒, 㹓, 膮, 皢, 䁱, 磽, 穘, 襓, 繞, 蟯, 譊, 蹺, 鐃, 饒, 驍, 髐, 鱙, 䶧
- 遶, 趬, 䰫, 㚁, 顤, 䴃, 翹, 嶤, 蕘
Additional Derived Characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 234, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5272
- Dae Jaweon: page 471, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 459, character 14
- Unihan data for U+582F
Chinese
| trad. | 堯 | |
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| simp. | 尧 | |
| alternative forms | 垚 尭 𠒖 𡊪 𡋰 | |
Glyph origin
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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 |
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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 a kneeling man stylized as 兀 at the bottom.
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu4
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): ngièu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gieo2
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
- Wade–Giles: yao2
- Yale: yáu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
- Palladius: яо (jao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jiu4
- Yale: yìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu4
- Guangdong Romanization: yiu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièu
- Hakka Romanization System: ngieuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngieu2
- Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯eu̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: ngiau
- Sinological IPA: /ŋiau⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ngièu
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋieu⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gieo2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gá̤u
- Sinological IPA (key): /kieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gieo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kieu²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Note:
- ngiao5 - Shantou;
- ngiou5 - Chaozhou.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: ngew
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤew/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːw/
Definitions
堯
- (historical dictionaries only) lofty; high
- Emperor Yao, legendary ruler of ancient China
- a surname
- (Mainland China) yotta- (SI unit prefix)
- Synonym: 佑 (yòu) (Taiwan)
Compounds
References
- “堯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00786
Japanese
| 尭 | |
| 堯 |
Kanji
堯
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 尭)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
堯 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
堯: Hán Nôm readings: nghiêu, nghẻo, nghễu, nhao, nhiều
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