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U+59DA, 姚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DA

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 38, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女中一人 (VLMO), four-corner 42413, composition )

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

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation


Note:
  • io5 - Shantou;
  • iê5 - Chaozhou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (36)
Final () (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/jæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jiaw/
Li
Rong
/iɛu/
Wang
Li
/jĭɛu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jiu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16862
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lew/

Definitions

  1. handsome; elegant
  2. Alternative form of  / (yáo, far; distant)
  3. a surname
      ―  Yáo Míng  ―  Yao Ming (Chinese basketball player)

Compounds

Descendants

  • English: Yao, Yiu
  • Tagalog: Yao (via Hokkien)

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: よう ()えう (eu, historical)
  • Kan-on: よう ()えう (eu, historical)
  • Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii, 姚しい)

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 예쁜 (yeppeun yo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: diêu

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