堯

See also: 尧

堯 U+582F, 堯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-582F ← 堮 [U+582E] CJK Unified Ideographs 堰 → [U+5830]

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TranslingualEdit

Traditional	堯
Shinjitai (extended)	尭
Simplified	尧

Han characterEdit

堯 (radical 32 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土土土山 (GGGU), four-corner 4021₁, composition ⿱垚兀)

Derived charactersEdit

• 澆, 繞, 燒, 嬈, 僥, 驍, 曉, 饒, 顤, 嶢, 磽, 獟, 蟯, 鐃, 蕘, 嘵, 趬, 橈, 皢, 饒, 膮, 翹, 譊

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 234, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5272
• Dae Jaweon: page 471, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 459, character 14
• Unihan data for U+582F

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ChineseEdit

trad.		堯
simp.		尧
alt. forms		尭 (calligraphic variant) 𠒖 𡊪 𫝔 𡋰

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (垚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
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

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 垚 + 兀.

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièu
• Min Nan (POJ): giâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴
    • Yale: yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngieuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngieu²
    • IPA: /ɲi̯eu̯¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâu
    • Tâi-lô: giâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /giaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /giaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /giaʊ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /giaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /giaʊ²³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 堯
Mandarin	Beijing	/iau³⁵/
	Harbin	/iau²⁴/
	Tianjin	/iɑu⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/iɔ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/iɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/iau⁴²/
	Xi'an	/iau²⁴/
	Xining	/iɔ²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/iɔ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/iɔ⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ʐɔ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/iau²¹³/
	Chengdu	/iau³¹/
	Guiyang	/iao²¹/
	Kunming	/iɔ³¹/
	Nanjing	/iɔo²⁴/
	Hefei	/iɔ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iau¹¹/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/iɔ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦiɔ²³/ /ȵiɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦiæ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ȵiɔ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ȵa³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/niɔ⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/io⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/iau¹³/
	Xiangtan	/iaɯ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋiau¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/ŋieu²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jiu²¹/
	Nanning	/jiu²¹/
	Hong Kong	/jiu²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/giau³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ŋieu⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/iau²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ŋiãu⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/zau³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋeu/▼

Rime
Character	堯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五聊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋeu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋeu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋeu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛw/
Li Rong	/ŋeu/
Wang Li	/ŋieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ŋ]ˤew/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːw/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	堯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yáo
Middle Chinese	‹ ngew ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]ˤew/
English	high
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	堯
Reading #	1/1
No.	14689
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	堯
Old Chinese	/*ŋeːw/

DefinitionsEdit

堯

1. Emperor Yao, legendary ruler of ancient China
2. A surname​.

CompoundsEdit

• 堯天舜日／尧天舜日

• 堯舜／尧舜 (yáoshùn)

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JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai	尭
Kyūjitai	堯

KanjiEdit

堯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 尭)

1. high
2. far

ReadingsEdit

• On (unclassified): ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: たかい (takai, 堯い)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

堯 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

堯 (nghiêu, nghẻo, nghễu, nhao, nhiều)

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