夭札 yāozhá to die young Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 夭 yāo to die young (bound form) to die prematurely; to die young, as seen in 夭折 yāozhé or 早夭 zǎoyāo札 zhá premature death (literary) to die young or die of a plague; a disaster or pestilence