杳

杳 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木日 (DA), four-corner 4060₉, composition ⿱木日)

• KangXi: page 513, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14501
• Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1169, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6773

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 木 (“tree”) + 日 (“sun”) - dark. Compare 杲 (gǎo, “bright”).

杳

1. dim; dark; gloomy
2. indistinct; distant
3. quiet; secluded
4. vast; expansive
5. to disappear

• “杳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kun: くらい (kurai, 杳い); はるか (haruka, 杳か)

From Middle Chinese 杳 (MC ʔeu^X).

• (Tokyo) よ​ー [yóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ː]

杳(よう) • (yō) ^{←えう (eu)?†}-tari (adnominal 杳(よう)たる (yō taru), adverbial 杳(よう)と (yō to) or 杳(よう)として (yō to shite))

1. dark and indistinct; unclear

   杳(よう)として知(し)れない

   yō to shite shirenai

   unknown

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杳 • (myo, yo) (hangeul 묘, 요, revised myo, yo, McCune–Reischauer myo, yo, Yale myo, yo)

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杳: Hán Nôm readings: diểu, yểu

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