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尧

yáo

a legendary ancient emperor-sage

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

Components
戈 simplified component

戈  Simplified component

gē

  

spear

Shorthand for the three 土 components in the traditional character 堯.

兀 iconic component

兀  Iconic component

wù

  

stand tall

Evolution

尧 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
尧 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
尧 Simplified script Modern

Simplified 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 尧
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 17 characters (1 verified)

烧 晓 绕 饶 挠 浇 翘 侥 跷 骁 荛 桡 硗 娆 蛲 哓 铙

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3264th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

堯

Unicode

U+5C27


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