yǎo​yǎo

dim

yǎo, yào obscure

Components

Meaning component
xué, jué cave

cave

Sound component
yòu young, infant

Character Evolution

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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartʔewXʔˤ[e]wʔʔewX-dewX hidden; deep
Zhengzhangqiːwʔ
Unicodeqěu

說文解字

深遠也。从穴幼聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica