堯

See also: 尧

Translingual

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trad.		堯
simp.		尧

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 垚 + 兀

Han character

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

1. a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Derived characters

• 澆, 繞, 燒, 嬈, 僥, 驍, 曉, 饒, 顤, 嶢, 磽, 獟, 蟯, 鐃, 蕘, 嘵, 趬, 橈, 皢, 饒, 膮, 翹, 譊

Descendants

• 尧

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

堯 (simplified 尧, Jyutping jiu4, Yale yiu4)

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Japanese

Kanji

堯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kun: たかい (takai)

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Korean

Hanja

堯 (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

堯 (simplified 尧, Pinyin yáo (yao2), Wade-Giles yao²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

堯 (nghiêu, nghẻo, nghễu, nhao, nhiều)

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