Read Edit View history 窈 yǎo obscure Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas yǎo ×yào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint cave Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 窈 Simp strokes 窈 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 窈 Simp strokes 窈 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 窈 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 440, 832 ], [ 530, 788 ], [ 565, 741 ] ], [ [ 238, 708 ], [ 244, 655 ], [ 184, 506 ] ], [ [ 272, 646 ], [ 756, 719 ], [ 821, 663 ], [ 727, 604 ] ], [ [ 377, 623 ], [ 389, 575 ], [ 245, 478 ] ], [ [ 565, 630 ], [ 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587 322 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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