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yào

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yào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yào | yao4
English translation
bright, glorious; Venus

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About yào

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

yào

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A spectacular  star  also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of yào

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

日翟

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Words with yào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yào bright yào
黑曜石 hēi yào shí obsidian (mining)黑曜石 hēi yào shí
七曜 qī yào the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)七曜 qī yào
金曜日 Jīn yào rì Friday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)金曜日 Jīn yào rì
黑曜岩 hēi yào yán obsidian (mining)黑曜岩 hēi yào yán

yào Decomposition & Compounds

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