尭

See also: 堯 and 尧

尭 U+5C2D, 尭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C2D ← 尬 [U+5C2C] CJK Unified Ideographs 尮 → [U+5C2E]

Translingual

Traditional	堯
Shinjitai (extended)	尭
Simplified	尧

Glyph origin

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

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𡸳, 𣷝, 𮞚, 暁, 𣓤, 焼, 𭽙, 𮛡, 𩜙, 𮪈, 𮏔

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 125, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 553, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5C2D

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 尭 – see 堯 (“lofty; high; Emperor Yao, legendary ruler of ancient China; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 堯).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	尭
Kyūjitai	堯

Kanji

尭

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 堯)

1. lofty

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kun: たかい (takai, 尭い)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi)

Proper noun

尭(たかし) • (Takashi) 

1. a male given name