杳

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 杳. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 杳, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 杳 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 杳 you have here. The definition of the word 杳 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of杳, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 杲
杳 U+6773, 杳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6773
← 杲
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 杴 →

Translingual

Han character

杳 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木日 (DA), four-corner 40609, composition ⿱木日)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14501
  • Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1169, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6773

Chinese

trad. 杳
simp. # 杳
alternative forms 窅

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 木 (“tree”) + 日 (“sun”) - dark. Compare 杲 (gǎo, “bright”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 杳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 烏皎切
Baxter 'ewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔeuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔeuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔeuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔɛwX/
Li
Rong 		/ʔeuX/
Wang
Li 		/ieuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔieuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jiu2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 杳
Reading # 1/1
No. 14728
Phonetic
component 		杳
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔmeːwʔ/

Definitions

杳

  1. dim; dark; gloomy
  2. indistinct; distant
  3. quiet; secluded
  4. vast; expansive
  5. to disappear

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

杳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
杳
よう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 杳 (MC 'ewX).

Pronunciation

Adjective

杳(よう) • (yō) ←えう (eu)?†-tari (adnominal 杳(よう)とした (yō to shita) or 杳(よう)たる (yō taru), adverbial 杳(よう)と (yō to) or 杳(よう)として (yō to shite))

  1. dark and indistinct; unclear
    杳(よう)として知(し)れない
    yō to shite shirenai
    unknown

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "杳たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 杳たら えうたら eutara
Continuative (連用形) 杳と
杳たり		 えうと
えうたり		 euto
eutari
Terminal (終止形) 杳たり えうたり eutari
Attributive (連体形) 杳たる えうたる eutaru
Realis (已然形) 杳たれ えうたれ eutare
Imperative (命令形) 杳たれ えうたれ eutare
Key constructions
Negative 杳たらず えうたらず eutarazu
Contrasting conjunction 杳たれど えうたれど eutaredo
Causal conjunction 杳たれば えうたれば eutareba
Conditional conjunction 杳たらば えうたらば eutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 杳たりき えうたりき eutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 杳たりけり えうたりけり eutarikeri
Adverbial 杳と えうと euto
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

杳 • (myo, yo) (hangeul 묘, 요, revised myo, yo, McCune–Reischauer myo, yo, Yale myo, yo)

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

Vietnamese

Han character

杳: Hán Nôm readings: diểu, yểu

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