夭

夭 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹大 (HK), four-corner 2043₀, composition ⿱丿大)

• 仸, 㓇, 㕭, 妖, 岆, 㤇, 扷, 沃, 枖, 殀, 祅, 矨, 秗, 袄, 訞(𫍚), 跃, 镺, 𨥜(𬬴), 飫(饫), 鴁
• 呑, 岙, 忝, 喬(乔), 鴌, 宎, 芺, 穾, 笑, 𮐔, 䴠
• 忝 (Exception: Only for Japanese character. Other regions contain 天 instead.)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 249, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5838
• Dae Jaweon: page 507, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 523, character 2
• Unihan data for U+592D

Ideogram (指事) – a figure leaning forward, presumably running, hence energetic, young. See also the top component of the Kangxi radical 走.

Coblin (1986) (apud Schuessler, 2007) considers it cognate to Tibetan ཡོ་བ (yo ba, “oblique, aslant”), གཡོ་བ (g.yo ba, “tilt”), གཡོས (g.yos); if so, probably of Sino-Tibetan origin. However, the medials do not agree, as the expected Middle Chinese reflex should be in division IV, not III-B (Schuessler, 2007). Compare also Mizo eu (“to bend backwards”) (ibid.).

Possibly related to 委 (OC *qrolʔ, “to bend”) (e.g. in Chuci [1]) (ibid.).

夭

1. to die young, to die prematurely
2. to be aggrieved
3. to devastate
4. disaster

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

夭

1. young, fresh-looking
2. tender, gentle
3. lush
4. alternative form of 妖 (yāo)

夭

1. young animal or plant

夭

1. name of an ancient place

夭

1. only used in 夭斜

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. young
2. disaster

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kun: わかい (wakai, 夭い)、わざわい (wazawai)、わかじに (wakajini)

夭 • (yo, o) (hangeul 요, 오, revised yo, o, McCune–Reischauer yo, o, Yale yo, o)

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夭: Hán Nôm readings: yểu, eo, ỉu, yếu, èo, yêu

夭

1. chữ Hán form of yểu (“premature”)
2. chữ Nôm form of yếu (“weak, feeble”)