懂中文 Dong Chinese

瑤

yáo

precious jade

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound.

Components
王 meaning component

王  Meaning component

wáng, wàng

  

king

䍃 sound component

䍃  Sound component

yóu, yáo

  

vase, pitcher

Evolution

瑤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

瑶 (瑤) 

yáo

precious jade; jade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl; nacre; precious; used a complementary honorific

瑶 (瑤) 

Yáo

Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia; surname Yao

Most common words with 瑤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

瑶

jade

琼瑶

Chiung Yao (1938-), Taiwanese writer

瑶族

Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia

瑶池

the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母

瑶海区

Yaohai district of Hefei city 合肥市[Hé​féi​shì], Anhui