yáo

mother-of-pearl

Components

Meaning component
wáng king

jade

Sound component
zhào omen

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglew

說文解字

蜃甲也。所以飾物也。从玉兆聲。《禮》云:“佩刀,天子玉琫而珧珌。”

Sources

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