謡

See also: 謠 and 谣

謡 U+8B21, 謡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B21 ← 謠 [U+8B20] CJK Unified Ideographs 謢 → [U+8B22]

Translingual

Traditional	謠
Shinjitai	謡
Simplified	谣

Han character

謡 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10 in Chinese, 言+9 in Japanese, 17 strokes in Chinese, 16 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 難卜口月人 (XYRBO) or 卜口月人山 (YRBOU), composition ⿰訁⿱爫缶(G) or ⿰訁⿱爫𠙻(J) or ⿰訁䍃)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1177, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35779
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4007, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8B21

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 謡 – see 謠. (This character is a variant form of 謠).

Japanese

Shinjitai	謡
Kyūjitai	謠

Kanji

謡

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 謠)

1. recitation; chanting
2. noh chanting; a noh song

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kun: うたい (utai, 謡, Jōyō)、うたう (utau, 謡う, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
謡
よう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
謠 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ː]

Affix

謡(よう) • (yō) ^{←えう (eu)?}

1. popular song

Derived terms

• 謡曲(ようきょく) (yōkyoku)
• 歌謡(かよう) (kayō)
• 古謡(こよう) (koyō)
• 童謡(どうよう) (dōyō)
• 民謡(みんよう) (min'yō)

References

• “謡”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025