遥望 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yáo far away Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遙.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

䍃 Sound component

yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

說文解字

逍遥也。又，遠也。从辵䍃聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

wàng, wang to look at

Pictograph of a person standing up (𡈼) and gazing at the moon (月). 亡 is a sound component.

Components

亡 Sound component

wáng death

月 Iconic component

yuè, yue moon

𡈼 Iconic component

tǐng, tíng, zhēng stand upright

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mjang	maŋ	look at from a distance
	mjangH	maŋ-s	look at from a distance

說文解字

《說文》：“望，出亡在外，望其還也。从亡，朢省聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yáo far away Traditional

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

䍃 Sound component

yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		lew
Unicode	iɛu

Sources

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

遥 yáo far away Simplified

Components

說文解字

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望 wàng, wang to look at

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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遙 yáo far away Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

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yáo far away Simplified

wàng, wang to look at

yáo far away Traditional