瑤

See also: 瑶

瑤	U+7464, 瑤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7464

← 瑣
[U+7463]

CJK Unified Ideographs

瑥 →
[U+7465]

Translingual

Han character

瑤 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一土月人山 (MGBOU), four-corner 1717₂, composition ⿰𤣩⿱𱼀缶 or ⿰𤣩䍃)

Derived characters

𤁓

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 739, character 1
Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1132, character 3
Unihan data for U+7464

Chinese

trad.		瑤
simp.		瑶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (謠) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
搖	lews, lew
遙	*lew
瑤	*lew
徭	*lew
鰩	*lew
媱	*lew
傜	*lew
颻	*lew
窰	*luː
愮	*lew
鷂	lew, lews
榣	*lew
嗂	*lew
猺	*lew
謠	*lew
鎐	*ʔsloːwɢ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yèu

(Hailu, HRS): rhau
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): iao⁵ / iou⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶yau / ²yau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
  - Wade–Giles: yao²
  - Yale: yáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
  - Palladius: яо (jao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jiu⁴
  - Yale: yìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ieu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu²
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhau
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒau⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: á̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâu
  - Tâi-lô: iâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iao⁵ / iou⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâu / iôu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau⁵⁵/, /iou⁵⁵/

Note:

iao5 - Shantou;
iou5 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yau
  - MiniDict: yau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhiau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɔ²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²yau
  - MiniDict: yau^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦiæ²²³/

Middle Chinese: yew

Rime
Character	瑤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘昭切
Baxter	yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑤
Reading #	1/1
No.	14706
Phonetic component	謠
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	遙
Old Chinese	/*lew/

Definitions

瑤

(literary) precious jade
(literary) fine; precious
(～族) Yao people
alt. forms: 傜 (yáo), 猺 (yáo), 徭 (yáo)

Compounds

江瑤 / 江瑶
江瑤柱 / 江瑶柱 (jiāngyáozhù)
琪花瑤草 / 琪花瑶草
瑛瑤 / 瑛瑶
瑤光 / 瑶光
瑤函 / 瑶函
瑤圃 / 瑶圃
瑤姬 / 瑶姬
瑤族 / 瑶族 (Yáozú)
瑤林瓊樹 / 瑶林琼树
瑤池 / 瑶池 (Yáochí)
瑤池玉液 / 瑶池玉液
瑤池金母 / 瑶池金母
瑤池閬苑 / 瑶池阆苑
瑤牋 / 瑶笺
瑤琴 / 瑶琴
瑤環瑜珥 / 瑶环瑜珥 (yáo huán yú ěr)
瑤箋 / 瑶笺
瑤籤 / 瑶签
瑤緘 / 瑶缄
瑤臺 / 瑶台
瑤臺瓊室 / 瑶台琼室
瑤臺銀闕 / 瑶台银阙
瑤臺鏡 / 瑶台镜
瑤英 / 瑶英
瑤草 / 瑶草
瑤草琪花 / 瑶草琪花
瑤華 / 瑶华
瑤華浦 / 瑶华浦
瑤華音 / 瑶华音
瑤觴 / 瑶觞
瑤踏 / 瑶踏
瑤釵 / 瑶钗
瑤階 / 瑶阶
瑤章 / 瑶章
瓊瑤 / 琼瑶 (qióngyáo)
瓊瑤樓閣 / 琼瑶楼阁
碧瑤 / 碧瑶 (Bìyáo)
紅瑤 / 红瑶 (Hóngyáo)
苗瑤語族 / 苗瑶语族
陳瑤湖 / 陈瑶湖 (Chényáohú)
駕返瑤池 / 驾返瑶池

Japanese

Kanji

瑤

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 瑶)

beautiful (as a jewel)

Readings

Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
Kun: たま (tama)

Korean

Hanja

瑤 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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Compounds

요족 (瑤族, yojok)
요지 (瑤池, yoji)

Vietnamese

Han character

瑤: Hán Việt readings: dao

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Compounds

瑤池 (dao trì)

References

Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999