堯

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

Translingual

Traditional 堯
Shinjitai
(extended)
尭
Simplified 尧

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

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

Chinese

trad. 堯
simp. 尧
alternative forms 垚
尭
𠒖
𡊪
𡋰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 堯
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Ancient script Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋeːw) : phonetic 垚 (OC *ŋeːw) + semantic 兀 (“towering and bald”). Also an ideogrammic compound (會意) : 垚 (“tall (of earth)”) + 兀 (“towering and bald”).

The oracle bone script consists of two 土 (“soil; earth”) at the top and one 兀 at the bottom.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ngiao5 - Shantou;
  • ngiou5 - Chaozhou.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 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/

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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jiu4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 堯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yáo
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngew ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ŋ]ˁew/
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/

Definitions

堯

  1. ‡ lofty; high
  2. Emperor Yao, legendary ruler of ancient China
  3. a surname
  4. (Mainland China) yotta- (SI unit prefix)
    Synonym: 佑 (yòu) (Taiwan)

Compounds

  • 堯天舜日/尧天舜日

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

尭

Kyūjitai

堯

Kanji

堯

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

  1. high
  2. far

Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

堯: Hán Nôm readings: nghiêu, nghẻo, nghễu, nhao, nhiều

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