yáo HSK7

sing

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

is a component form of .

Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher

Sources

Readings & variants
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yáo sing Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
yáo, yóu vase, pitcher
Meaning component
yán speech

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

yáo sing Traditional

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

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