yáo

small light carriage

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjew
lew
Unicodeiɛu
zhiɛu

說文解字

小車也。从車召聲。

Sources

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

yáo, diāo small light carriage Simplified

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

cart

Sound component
zhào summon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode