瑤
yáo

precious jade

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
䍃
䍃 Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglew

說文解字

玉之美者。从玉䍃聲。《詩》曰：“報之以瓊瑤。”

Sources

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

瑶 yáo precious jade Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瑤.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
䍃
䍃 Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodeiɛu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode