杳

See also: 杲

杳 U+6773, 杳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6773 ← 杲 [U+6772] CJK Unified Ideographs 杴 → [U+6774]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𣇿, 𬇷, 𨓳, 𩭰, 𮋆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

trad.		杳
simp. #		杳
alternative forms		窅

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎo (yao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵ / jiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yao³
    • Yale: yǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: miu⁵ / jiu²
    • Yale: míuh / yíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵ / jiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵ / yiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³/, /jiːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ewX

Rime
Character	杳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	烏皎切
Baxter	'ewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔeuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔeuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔeuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛwX/
Li Rong	/ʔeuX/
Wang Li	/ieuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔmeːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杳
Reading #	1/1
No.	14728
Phonetic component	杳
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔmeːwʔ/

Definitions

杳

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

Compounds

• 人琴俱杳
• 人跡杳然 / 人迹杳然
• 杳冥
• 杳如黃鶴 / 杳如黄鹤
• 杳杳 (yǎoyǎo)
• 杳渺
• 杳漫
• 杳然 (yǎorán)
• 杳無人煙 / 杳无人烟 (yǎowúrényān)
• 杳無人跡 / 杳无人迹
• 杳無信息 / 杳无信息
• 杳無消息 / 杳无消息
• 杳然無蹤 / 杳然无踪
• 杳無蹤影 / 杳无踪影
• 杳無蹤跡 / 杳无踪迹
• 杳無音信 / 杳无音信 (yǎowúyīnxìn)
• 杳眇
• 杳茫
• 芳魂已杳
• 雁杳魚沉 / 雁杳鱼沉 (yànyǎoyúchén)
• 音信杳無 / 音信杳无
• 音信杳然 (yīnxìnyǎorán)
• 音問杳然 / 音问杳然
• 音稀信杳
• 魚沉雁杳 / 鱼沉雁杳 (yúchényànyǎo)
• 鱗鴻杳絕 / 鳞鸿杳绝

References

• “杳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

杳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• 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)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
杳
よう Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 杳 (MC 'ewX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よー [yóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ː]

Adjective

杳(よう) • (yō) ^{←えう (eu)?†}-tari (adnominal 杳(よう)とした (yō to shita) or 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

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "杳たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	杳たら	えうたら	eutara
Continuative (連用形)	杳と[1] 杳たり[2]	えうと えうたり	euto eutari
Terminal (終止形)	杳たり	えうたり	eutari
Attributive (連体形)	杳たる	えうたる	eutaru
Realis (已然形)	杳たれ	えうたれ	eutare
Imperative (命令形)	杳たれ	えうたれ	eutare
Key constructions
Negative	杳たらず	えうたらず	eutarazu
Contrasting conjunction	杳たれど	えうたれど	eutaredo
Causal conjunction	杳たれば	えうたれば	eutareba
Conditional conjunction	杳たらば	えうたらば	eutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	杳たりき	えうたりき	eutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	杳たりけり	えうたりけり	eutarikeri
Adverbial	杳と	えうと	euto

^[1]Without auxiliary verb.
^[2]With auxiliary verb.

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

杳: Nôm readings: mịt
杳: Hán Nôm readings: diểu, yểu

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