yáo

mound

A mound of clay 

Components

Meaning component
earth
Meaning component
earth
Meaning component
earth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋeːw

說文解字

土高也。从三土。凡垚之屬皆从垚。

Sources

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