堯
See also: 尧
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TranslingualEdit
Traditional | 堯 |
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Shinjitai (extended) |
尭 |
Simplified | 尧 |
Han characterEdit
堯 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土土土山 (GGGU), four-corner 40211, composition ⿱垚兀)
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 234, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5272
- Dae Jaweon: page 471, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 459, character 14
- Unihan data for U+582F
ChineseEdit
trad. | 堯 | |
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simp. | 尧 | |
alternative forms | 垚 尭 𠒖 𡊪 𡋰 |
Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 堯 | ||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Ancient script | Small seal script |
Old Chinese | |
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撓 | *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ |
鐃 | *rŋaːw |
譊 | *rŋaːw |
橈 | *rŋaːws, *ŋjew |
磽 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ |
墝 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw |
穘 | *hŋreːw |
顤 | *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws |
燒 | *hŋjew, *hŋjaws |
饒 | *ŋjew, *ŋjaws |
蟯 | *ŋjew, *ʔŋew |
蕘 | *ŋjew |
襓 | *ŋjew |
繞 | *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws |
遶 | *ŋjewʔ |
嬈 | *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws |
趬 | *ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews |
蹺 | *ŋ̊ʰew |
翹 | *ɡew, *ɡews |
澆 | *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws |
驍 | *ŋkeːw |
僥 | *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw |
堯 | *ŋeːw |
垚 | *ŋeːw |
嶢 | *ŋeːw |
獟 | *ŋeːws |
膮 | *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ |
嘵 | *hŋeːw |
憢 | *hŋeːw |
曉 | *hŋeːwʔ |
皢 | *hŋeːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋeːw): phonetic 垚 (OC *ŋeːw) + semantic 兀 (“towering and bald”). Also an ideogrammic compound (會意): 垚 (“tall (of earth)”) + 兀 (“towering and bald”).
The oracle bone script consists of two 土 (“soil; earth”) at the top and one 兀 at the bottom.
EtymologyEdit
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PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
堯
- ‡ lofty; high
- Emperor Yao, legendary ruler of ancient China
- A surname.
- (Mainland China) yotta- (SI unit prefix)
CompoundsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “堯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00786
JapaneseEdit
尭 | |
堯 |
KanjiEdit
堯
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 尭)
ReadingsEdit
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
堯 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)
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VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
堯: Hán Nôm readings: nghiêu, nghẻo, nghễu, nhao, nhiều
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