Read Edit View history 堯 Yáo legendary ancient emperor-sage Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a mound of dirt (土) on top of a platform (兀), representing the original meaning "tall; lofty", later used to describe the legendary Emperor Yao. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 尧 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 堯 Simp strokes 堯 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 堯 Simp strokes 堯 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 堯 Simp strokes 堯 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 堯 Simp strokes 堯 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 堯 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 392, 721 ], [ 454, 717 ], [ 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532 Q 672 541 674 545 Q 677 554 679 560 Q 682 569 665 581 Q 637 596 618 600 Q 605 603 598 596 Q 591 589 598 577 Q 610 562 614 518 L 617 482 Q 618 448 619 411 C 620 381 653 388 656 418 Z", "M 619 411 Q 496 401 485 398 Q 458 395 478 379 Q 506 355 533 360 Q 636 379 814 399 Q 824 398 832 408 Q 833 418 813 429 Q 791 451 679 422 Q 673 422 667 420 Q 661 419 656 418 L 619 411 Z", "M 514 255 Q 539 264 677 278 Q 687 277 697 290 Q 698 302 675 312 Q 644 334 559 308 Q 406 275 252 257 Q 224 253 246 236 Q 276 209 310 217 Q 332 223 359 226 L 397 234 Q 437 243 484 251 L 514 255 Z", "M 359 226 Q 337 91 128 -26 Q 98 -38 104 -46 Q 128 -58 224 -10 Q 306 29 390 150 Q 403 169 420 187 Q 427 194 425 203 Q 422 212 397 234 C 375 254 365 255 359 226 Z", "M 484 251 Q 484 247 486 239 Q 498 203 494 170 Q 485 59 494 28 Q 498 1 523 -21 Q 611 -93 807 -61 Q 817 -58 829 -56 Q 875 -43 921 -13 Q 943 2 931 31 Q 919 56 904 138 Q 905 156 897 162 Q 890 166 884 147 Q 845 62 824 37 Q 808 21 762 9 Q 657 -18 576 12 Q 545 25 537 45 Q 519 84 545 213 Q 551 237 514 255 C 489 271 478 278 484 251 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.