ráo

graceful

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

graceful Traditional

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjewʔ
neːwʔ
hŋeːws

說文解字

苛也。一曰擾、戲弄也,一曰嬥也。从女堯聲。

Sources

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