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堯

yáo

legendary ancient emperor-sage

Original meaning: 

tall; lofty

Depicts a mound of dirt (土) on top of a platform (兀), representing the original meaning "tall; lofty", later used to describe the legendary Emperor Yao.

Components
土 iconic component

土  Iconic component

tǔ

  

earth

土 iconic component

土  Iconic component

tǔ

  

earth

土 iconic component

土  Iconic component

tǔ

  

earth

兀 iconic component

兀  Iconic component

wù

  

stand tall

Evolution

堯 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
堯 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
堯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

尧 (堯) 

yáo

a legendary ancient emperor-sage

尧 (堯) 

Yáo

surname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wǔ​dì], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Dì​Kù]

Most common words with 堯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尧

surname Yao

尧都区

Yaodu district of Linfen city 臨汾市|临汾市[Lín​fén​shì], Shanxi

唐尧

Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wǔ​dì], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Dì​Kù]

赵忠尧

Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist

隆尧县

Longyao county in Xingtai 邢台[Xíng​tái], Hebei

Component uses

Sound component in 13 characters (1 verified)

燒 曉 繞 饒 撓 澆 翹 僥 蹺 蕘 橈 嬈 蟯

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ŋ]ˤew

ngew

yáo

high


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3264th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

尧

Unicode

U+582F

Shuowen

“堯，高也。从垚在兀上，高遠也。，古文堯。”


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