遙

See also: 遥

遙	U+9059, 遙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9059

← 遘
[U+9058]

CJK Unified Ideographs

遚 →
[U+905A]

Translingual

Traditional	遙
Shinjitai (extended)	遥
Simplified	遥

Han character

遙 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜月人山 (YBOU), four-corner 3730₇, composition ⿺辶⿱𱼀缶 or ⿺辶䍃)

Derived characters

𢷫, 𦾾 (Only for Taiwan character forms as mainland China characters contain 遥 instead)

Related characters

遥 (Simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1262, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39035
Dae Jaweon: page 1757, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3873, character 2
Unihan data for U+9059

Chinese

trad.		遙/遥
simp.		遥
2nd round simp.		⿺辶夭
alternative forms		姚邎

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

(Teochew, Peng'im): iao⁵

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/
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
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: yew

Rime
Character	遙
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	遙
Reading #	1/1
No.	14705
Phonetic component	謠
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*lew/

Definitions

遙

distant; far away
- 今日交通文軌，登臨不覺亞歐遙 [MSC, trad.]
  今日交通文轨，登临不觉亚欧遥 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1908, Zhang Zhidong, Couplet written for tower constructed near the site of the Yellow Crane Tower
  jīnrì jiāotōng wénguǐ, dēnglín bùjué Yà Ōu yáo [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

千里迢遙
山遙水遠 / 山遥水远
平遙 / 平遥 (Píngyáo)
望古遙集 / 望古遥集
水遠山遙 / 水远山遥
消遙 / 消遥 (xiāoyáo)
自在逍遙 / 自在逍遥
超遙 / 超遥
迢遙 / 迢遥 (tiáoyáo)
逍遙 / 逍遥 (xiāoyáo)
逍遙學派 / 逍遥学派
逍遙法外 / 逍遥法外 (xiāoyáofǎwài)
逍遙自在 / 逍遥自在 (xiāoyáozìzài)
逍遙自娛 / 逍遥自娱
逍遙自得 / 逍遥自得
逍遙遊 / 逍遥游
遙不可及 / 遥不可及 (yáobùkějí)
遙不可期 / 遥不可期
遙地裡 / 遥地里
遙夜 / 遥夜
遙念 / 遥念
遙悲 / 遥悲
遙感 / 遥感 (yáogǎn)
遙感探測 / 遥感探测
遙憶 / 遥忆
遙拜 / 遥拜 (yáobài)
遙控 / 遥控 (yáokòng)
遙控器 / 遥控器 (yáokòngqì)
遙控飛機 / 遥控飞机
遙望 / 遥望 (yáowàng)
遙測 / 遥测 (yáocè)
遙測影像 / 遥测影像
遙測技術 / 遥测技术
遙相應和 / 遥相应和
遙祭 / 遥祭
遙裔 / 遥裔
遙見 / 遥见 (yáojiàn)
遙遠 / 遥远 (yáoyuǎn)
遙遙 / 遥遥 (yáoyáo)
遙遙無期 / 遥遥无期 (yáoyáowúqī)
遙遙相對 / 遥遥相对
遙遙華胄 / 遥遥华胄
遙遙領先 / 遥遥领先 (yáoyáolǐngxiān)
遙郡 / 遥郡
遙隔 / 遥隔
遙領 / 遥领

Japanese

Shinjitai	遥
Kyūjitai	遙

Kanji

遙

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 遥)

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Readings

Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}^{←𛀁う (yeu, ancient)}
Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}^{←𛀁う (yeu, ancient)}
Kun: はるか (haruka, 遙か)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

遙: Hán Nôm readings: diêu, dao, dìu

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