Yǎng​sháo

Yangshao

yǎng raise the head to look

To exalt  a person 

Components

Meaning component
rén person
Meaning component
áng, ang, yǎng high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjangXC.ŋaŋʔlift the face, look up
Zhengzhangŋaŋʔ
ŋaŋs
Unicodengiɑ̌ng
ngiɑ̌ng

說文解字

舉也。从人从卬。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

sháo music of the emperor Shun

Imperial  music  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
yīn sound
SoundMeaning component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjew
Unicodezhiɛu

說文解字

虞舜樂也。《書》曰:“《簫韶》九成,鳳皇來儀。”从音召聲。

Sources

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