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侥

僥
yáo / jiǎo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 僬侥, a legendary tribe of dwarves in ancient texts

Examples

古代地理书提到传说中的矮人之国僬侥。
Gǔdài dìlǐ shū tídào chuánshuō zhōng de ǎirén zhī guó jiāoyáo.
Ancient geographies mention the Jiaoyao, a legendary nation of tiny people.

Tips

usage
The yáo reading appears only in the literary, mythological word 僬侥 (a fabled tribe of dwarves). In modern Chinese this character is read jiǎo (in 侥幸).

Components

radical
亻 rén
person
亻 is the side form of 人 (person). Getting lucky is something that happens to a person, so the person radical frames this as a human-fortune word.
phonetic
尧 yáo
Emperor Yao; phonetic
尧 supplies the sound; in this reading it shifted to jiǎo. It belongs to a phonetic family with 浇, 烧 and 晓, and adds no meaning here.

Stroke Order

侥 yáo