夭

See also 天, and 夫

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogram (指事) – a figure leaning forward, presumably running, hence energetic, young.

Han character

夭 (radical 37 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹大 (HK), four-corner 2043₀, composition ⿱丿大)

1. young, fresh-looking
2. tender, gentle
3. to die young, to die prematurely

Derived characters

• 沃 妖 殀 忝 笑 喬 (乔) 飫 (饫)

References

• KangXi: page 249, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5838
• Dae Jaweon: page 507, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 523, character 2
• Unihan data for U+592D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

夭 (Yale yiu1)

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Japanese

Kanji

夭

Readings

• On: よう (yō), おう (ō), か (ka)
• Kun: わかい (wakai), わざわい (wazawai), わかじに (wakajini)

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Korean

Hanja

夭 (hangeul 요, 오, revised yo, o, McCune-Reischauer yo, o)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

夭 (pinyin yǎo (yao3), Wade-Giles yao³), yāo, wò, wāi

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Middle Chinese

Han character

夭 (qyɛ̌u)

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Vietnamese

Han character

夭 (yêu, yểu, eo, ỉu, yếu, èo)