杳渺
yǎo​miǎo

faint

杳 yǎo obscure

The sun 日 setting below the woods 木

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
日
日 Meaning component
rì 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

渺 miǎo endlessly long

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

眇
眇 Sound component
miǎo, miào blind in one eye

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjiewX[m]ewʔvast (of water)
Zhengzhangmewʔ
Unicodemiɛ̌u

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang