yáo

sing

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approved by inralback19 · Feb 27, 2026, 12:38 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Feb 28, 2026, 01:02 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
Meaning component

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyewlaw sing; song

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica