窅
yǎo

far

Sunken 穴 eyes 目

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
目
目 Meaning component
mù eye

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔmreːw
ʔmeːwʔ
Unicodeqěu

說文解字

深目也。从穴中目。

Sources

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