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Translingual
Han character
姚 (Kangxi radical 38, 女 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女中一人 (VLMO ), four-corner 42413 , composition ⿰女 兆 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 259 , character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6202
Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1046, character 3
Unihan data for U+59DA
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
挑
*l̥ʰaːw, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːwʔ
洮
*l̥ʰaːw, *l'aːw, *lew
桃
*l'aːw
逃
*l'aːw
咷
*l'aːw, *l̥ʰeːws
鼗
*l'aːw
鞉
*l'aːw
駣
*l'aːw, *l'aːwʔ, *l'aːws, *l'ewʔ
𣂁
*sl̥ʰew
脁
*l̥ʰews
晁
*l'ew
兆
*l'ewʔ
旐
*l'ewʔ
狣
*l'ewʔ
鮡
*l'ewʔ, *l'eːw
垗
*l'ewʔ
姚
*lew
珧
*lew
銚
*lew, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːws
恌
*lew, *l̥ʰeːw
烑
*lew
餆
*lew
筄
*lews
艞
*lews
佻
*l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːw
祧
*l̥ʰeːw
朓
*l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːwʔ
庣
*l̥ʰeːw
趒
*l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw
聎
*l̥ʰeːw
眺
*l̥ʰeːws
覜
*l̥ʰeːws
頫
*l̥ʰeːws, *poʔ
絩
*l̥ʰeːws
跳
*l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw
窕
*l'eːwʔ
誂
*l'eːwʔ
Pronunciation
Note :
io5 - Shantou;
iê5 - Chaozhou.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
姚
Reading #
1/1
No.
16862
Phonetic component
兆
Rime group
宵
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
遙
Old Chinese
/*lew/
Definitions
姚
handsome ; elegant
Alternative form of 遙 / 遥 ( yáo , “ far ; distant ” )
a surname
姚 明 ― Yáo Míng ― Yao Ming (Chinese basketball player)
Compounds
Descendants
→ English: Yao , Yiu
→ Tagalog: Yao ( via Hokkien )
References
Japanese
Kanji
姚
(Hyōgai kanji )
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
姚 (eumhun 예쁜 요 ( yeppeun yo ) )
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Vietnamese
Han character
姚 : Hán Nôm readings: diêu
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