Read Edit View history Discussion 尧 yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 堯. Depicts a mound of dirt (土) on top of a platform (兀), representing the meaning "tall; lofty", later used to describe the legendary Emperor Yao. Pinyin Separate values with commas yáo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 堯 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the three 土 components in the traditional character 堯. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 尧 Simp strokes 尧 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 尧 Simp strokes 尧 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 尧 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 259, 636 ], [ 282, 632 ], [ 331, 638 ], [ 527, 700 ], [ 614, 738 ], [ 674, 744 ] ], [ [ 364, 827 ], [ 394, 813 ], [ 417, 793 ], [ 454, 695 ], [ 525, 590 ], [ 607, 506 ], [ 710, 437 ], [ 764, 418 ], [ 799, 420 ], [ 813, 482 ], [ 818, 585 ] ], [ [ 665, 667 ], [ 675, 641 ], [ 675, 616 ], [ 604, 560 ], [ 548, 520 ], [ 483, 485 ], [ 400, 444 ], [ 336, 422 ] ], [ [ 219, 337 ], [ 260, 326 ], [ 287, 328 ], [ 597, 379 ], [ 648, 381 ], [ 685, 373 ] ], [ [ 368, 313 ], [ 399, 279 ], [ 352, 173 ], [ 319, 125 ], [ 252, 58 ], [ 164, 4 ] ], [ [ 515, 336 ], [ 546, 316 ], [ 556, 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