侥
jiǎoyáo

be lucky

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 僥.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

僥 be lucky Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

堯
堯 Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkewX[k]ˤewʔluck
Zhengzhangkŋeːwʔ
ŋeːw

說文解字

南方有焦僥。人長三尺，短之極。从人堯聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)