尭

See also 堯, and 尧

Translingual

shinjitai	尭
simplified	尧
traditional	堯

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 堯 (垚 → 卉).

Han character

尭 (radical 43 尢+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十廿竹山 (JTHU))

1. a legendary ancient emperor-sage

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 125, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 553, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5C2D

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Japanese

Kanji

尭

Readings

• On: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: たかい (takai)

Usage notes

Shinjitai

Proper noun

尭 (hiragana たかし, romaji Takashi)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

尭 (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

尭 (pinyin yáo (yao2), Wade-Giles yao²)