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Translingual

Han character

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

  1. handsome, elegant
  2. used as a surname

References

  • KangXi: page 259, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6202
  • Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1046, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+59DA

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



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

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 二姚
  • 剽姚
  • 姚冶
  • 姚名達姚名达
  • 姚姒
  • 姚姚
  • 姚廣孝姚广孝
  • 姚江
  • 姚江學派姚江学派
  • 姚燧
  • 姚興姚兴
  • 姚萇姚苌
  • 姚際恆姚际恒
  • 姚雪垠
  • 姚黃紙姚黄纸
  • 姚黃魏紫姚黄魏紫
  • 姚鼐
  • 嫖姚
  • 房杜姚宋
  • 票姚
  • 餘姚之學余姚之学
  • 餘姚縣余姚县
  • 驃姚骠姚
  • 魏紫姚黃魏紫姚黄

Descendants

  • (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Yao

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(yo)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: yo, McCune-Reischauer: yo)
  • Name (hangeul): 예쁜()
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Vietnamese

Han character

(diêu)

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