瑤

See also: 瑶

瑤 U+7464, 瑤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7464 ← 瑣 [U+7463] CJK Unified Ideographs 瑥 → [U+7465]

Translingual

Han character

瑤 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一土月人山 (MGBOU), four-corner 1717₂, composition ⿰𤣩⿱𱼀缶 or ⿰𤣩䍃)

Derived characters

• 𤁓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 739, character 1
• Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1132, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7464

Chinese

trad.		瑤
simp.		瑶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (謠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
搖	*lews, *lew
遙	*lew
瑤	*lew
徭	*lew
鰩	*lew
媱	*lew
傜	*lew
颻	*lew
窰	*luː
愮	*lew
鷂	*lew, *lews
榣	*lew
嗂	*lew
猺	*lew
謠	*lew
鎐	*ʔsloːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
    • Wade–Giles: yao²
    • Yale: yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴
    • Yale: yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâu
    • Tâi-lô: iâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²³/

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• Middle Chinese: yew

Rime
Character	瑤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘昭切
Baxter	yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑤
Reading #	1/1
No.	14706
Phonetic component	謠
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	遙
Old Chinese	/*lew/

Definitions

瑤

1. (literary) precious jade
2. (literary) fine; precious
3. (～族) Yao people

   alt. forms: 傜 (yáo), 猺 (yáo), 徭 (yáo)

Compounds

• 江瑤／江瑶
• 江瑤柱／江瑶柱 (jiāngyáozhù)
• 琪花瑤草／琪花瑶草
• 瑛瑤／瑛瑶
• 瑤光／瑶光
• 瑤函／瑶函
• 瑤圃／瑶圃
• 瑤姬／瑶姬
• 瑤族／瑶族 (Yáozú)
• 瑤林瓊樹／瑶林琼树
• 瑤池／瑶池 (Yáochí)
• 瑤池玉液／瑶池玉液
• 瑤池金母／瑶池金母
• 瑤池閬苑／瑶池阆苑
• 瑤牋／瑶笺
• 瑤琴／瑶琴
• 瑤環瑜珥／瑶环瑜珥 (yáo huán yú ěr)
• 瑤箋／瑶笺
• 瑤籤／瑶签
• 瑤緘／瑶缄
• 瑤臺／瑶台
• 瑤臺瓊室／瑶台琼室
• 瑤臺銀闕／瑶台银阙
• 瑤臺鏡／瑶台镜
• 瑤英／瑶英
• 瑤草／瑶草
• 瑤草琪花／瑶草琪花
• 瑤華／瑶华
• 瑤華浦／瑶华浦
• 瑤華音／瑶华音
• 瑤觴／瑶觞
• 瑤踏／瑶踏
• 瑤釵／瑶钗
• 瑤階／瑶阶
• 瑤章／瑶章
• 瓊瑤／琼瑶 (qióngyáo)
• 瓊瑤樓閣／琼瑶楼阁
• 碧瑤／碧瑶 (Bìyáo)
• 紅瑤／红瑶 (Hóngyáo)
• 苗瑤語族／苗瑶语族
• 陳瑤湖／陈瑶湖 (Chényáohú)
• 駕返瑤池／驾返瑶池

 

Japanese

Kanji

瑤

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 瑶)

1. beautiful (as a jewel)

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kun: たま (tama)

Korean

Hanja

瑤 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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Compounds

Compounds

• 요지 (瑤池, yoji)
• 요족 (瑤族, yojok)

Vietnamese

Han character

瑤: Hán Việt readings: dao

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Compounds

• 瑤池 (dao trì)

 

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999