杳眇 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yǎo obscure

The sun 日 setting below the woods 木

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔmeːwʔ
Unicode	qěu

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)

miǎo, miào blind in one eye

Too small 少 to be seen by the naked eye 目

Components

目 Meaning component

mù eye

少 Meaning component

shǎo, shao, shào few

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

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Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mjiewX	[m]ewʔ	very small, minute
Zhengzhang		mewʔ
Unicode	miɛ̌u

說文解字

一目小也。从目从少，少亦聲。

Sources

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