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瑶

瑤
yáo
noun #56,720

Meanings

  1. 1 fine jade; beautiful jade-like stone
  2. 2 the Yao ethnic group

Examples

HSK 5
瑶族是居住在中国南方的少数民族。
Yáozú shì jūzhù zài Zhōngguó nánfāng de shǎoshù mínzú.
The Yao people are an ethnic minority living in southern China.
HSK 7-9
诗里描绘了瑶台仙境。
Shī lǐ miáohuì le yáo tái xiānjìng.
The poem describes a fairyland of jade terraces and crystal palaces.

Tips

culture
瑶 means fine jade and, by extension, anything precious or beautiful (as in 瑶台, a jade terrace of the immortals). Capitalized, 瑶族 is the Yao ethnic group.

Components

radical
王 wáng
jade radical (left form)
On the left this is the jade radical (the side form of 玉, written like 王). It places 瑶 among words for jade and fine stone.
phonetic
䍃 yáo
earthen vessel (here phonetic)
Right side 䍃 supplies the sound yáo exactly. It is the same phonetic kernel inside 摇 (to shake) and 遥 (distant).

Stroke Order

瑶 yáo