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yáo

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yáo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yáo | yao2
English translation
a legendary ancient emperor-sage

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About yáo

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

yáo

Contains the radical

ér

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Etymology of yáo

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Positional decomposition

戈兀

Explanation

Simplified form of yáo . Depicts a mound of dirt () on top of a platorm (), representing the meaning "tall; lofty", later used to describe the legendary Emperor Yao.

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Words with yáo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yáo surname Yao yáo
尧都区 Yáo dū qū Yaodu district of Linfen city 臨汾市|临汾市 Lín fén shì [Lín​fén​shì], Shanxi堯都區
唐尧 Táng Yáo Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝 wǔ dì [wǔ​dì], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾 Dì Kù [Dì​Kù]唐堯
赵忠尧 Zhào Zhōng yáo Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist趙忠堯
隆尧县 Lóng yáo xiàn Longyao county in Xingtai 邢台 Xíng tái [Xíng​tái], Hebei隆堯縣
尧都 Yáo dū Yaodu district of Linfen city 臨汾市|临汾市 Lín fén shì [Lín​fén​shì], Shanxi堯都
隆尧 Lóng yáo Longyao county in Xingtai 邢台 Xíng tái [Xíng​tái], Hebei隆堯

yáo Decomposition & Compounds

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