yǎo​máng

remote and indistinct

yǎo obscure

The sun  setting below the woods 

Components

Meaning component
tree
Meaning component
sun

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔmeːwʔ
Unicodeqěu

說文解字

冥也。从日在木下。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

máng, māng vast

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
máng, mǎng

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːŋ
Unicodemɑng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang