懂中文 Dong Chinese

杳

yǎo

obscure

The sun 日 setting below the woods 木

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

Evolution

杳 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
杳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
杳 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
杳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

杳  

yǎo

obscure, dark, mysterious, deep; dark and quiet; disappear

Most common words with 杳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

杳无音信

to have no news whatever

杳

disappear

杳然

far and indistinct

杳如黄鹤

to be gone forever (idiom)

杳无人烟

God-forsaken