窈

窈	U+7A88, 窈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A88

← 窇
[U+7A87]

CJK Unified Ideographs

窉 →
[U+7A89]

Translingual

Han character

窈 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十金女戈尸 (JCVIS), four-corner 3072₇, composition ⿱穴幼)

obscure, secluded
refined

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 864, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25463
Dae Jaweon: page 1292, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2727, character 7
Unihan data for U+7A88

Chinese

trad.		窈
simp. ^#		窈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
黝	qliw, qrɯwʔ
坳	qrɯːw, qrɯːws
軪	qrɯːw, qrɯːws
眑	qrɯːw, qrɯwʔ
拗	qrɯːwʔ, qrɯːws
鴢	qrɯːwʔ, qɯːwʔ
靿	qrɯːwʔ, qrɯːws
狕	*qrɯːwʔ
袎	*qrɯːws
怮	qɯːw, qrɯw, qrɯw, qrɯwʔ
窈	*qiːwʔ
苭	*qɯːwʔ
泑	qrɯw, qrɯwʔ
呦	*qrɯw
蚴	*qrɯwʔ
幼	*qrɯws

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qiːwʔ): semantic 穴 (“cave”) + phonetic 幼 (OC *qrɯws).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎo (yao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² / miu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎo
  - Wade–Giles: yao³
  - Yale: yǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
  - Palladius: яо (jao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jiu² / miu⁵
  - Yale: yíu / míuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu² / miu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu² / miu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵/, /miːu̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: 'ewX

Rime
Character	窈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	烏皎切
Baxter	'ewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔeu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔeu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔeu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛw^X/
Li Rong	/ʔeu^X/
Wang Li	/ieu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤ[e]wʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qiːwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	窈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔew^X ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁ[e]wʔ/
English	ʔewX-dewX hidden; deep
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窈
Reading #	1/1
No.	15634
Phonetic component	幼
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*qiːwʔ/

Definitions

窈

(literary) profound; far-reaching
(literary) dim; gloomy

Compounds

窈冥
窈娜
窈窈
窈窈冥冥
窈窕 (yǎotiǎo)
窈窕淑女 (yǎotiǎoshūnǚ)

References

“窈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

窈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): よう (yō)
Kun: くらい (kurai)、よい (yoi)、あでやか (adeyaka)

Korean

Hanja

窈 (eum 요 (yo))

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