姚

姚 U+59DA, 姚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DA
← 姙
[U+59D9]
CJK Unified Ideographs 姛 →
[U+59DB]

Translingual

Han character

姚 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女中一人 (VLMO), four-corner 42413, composition ⿰女兆)

Derived characters

  • 𢱐

References

  • KangXi: page 259, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6202
  • Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1046, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+59DA

Chinese

trad. 姚
simp. # 姚
alternative forms 窕

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation


Note:
  • io5 - Shantou;
  • iê5 - Chaozhou.

Rime
Character 姚
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
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姚
Reading # 1/1
No. 16862
Phonetic
component
兆
Rime
group
宵
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
遙
Old
Chinese
/*lew/

Definitions

姚

  1. handsome; elegant
  2. Alternative form of 遙/遥 (yáo, “far; distant”).
  3. a surname
    姚明  ―  Yáo Míng  ―  Yao Ming (Chinese basketball player)

Compounds

  • 二姚
  • 剽姚
  • 姚冶
  • 姚坪 (Yáopíng)
  • 姚姒
  • 姚姚
  • 姚家店 (Yáojiādiàn)
  • 姚棚 (Yáopéng)
  • 姚江
  • 姚燧
  • 姚雪垠
  • 姚鼐
  • 嫖姚
  • 房杜姚宋
  • 票姚
  • 姚名達/姚名达
  • 姚崗/姚岗
  • 姚廣孝/姚广孝
  • 姚江學派/姚江学派
  • 姚興/姚兴
  • 姚萇/姚苌
  • 姚際恆/姚际恒
  • 姚黃紙/姚黄纸
  • 姚黃魏紫/姚黄魏紫 (Yáohuáng Wèizǐ)
  • 餘姚/余姚 (Yúyáo)
  • 餘姚之學/余姚之学
  • 餘姚縣/余姚县
  • 驃姚/骠姚
  • 魏紫姚黃/魏紫姚黄

Descendants

  • → English: Yao, Yiu
  • → Tagalog: Yao (via Hokkien)

References

Japanese

Kanji

姚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

姚 (eumhun 예쁜 요 (yeppeun yo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

姚: Hán Nôm readings: diêu

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