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繇

yáo / yóu / zhòu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 forced labor; corvée (variant of 徭)
  2. 2 folk song (variant of 谣)

Examples

HSK 5
民繇反映百姓的风俗。
Mín yáo fǎnyìng bǎixìng de fēngsú.
Folk songs reflect the customs of the people.
HSK 7-9
古代百姓要服繁重的繇役。
Gǔdài bǎixìng yào fú fánzhòng de yáo yì.
In ancient times the common people had to perform heavy corvée labor.

Tips

history
Read yáo, 繇 stands in for 徭 (corvée labor) and 谣 (folk song) in classical texts. Two other readings exist: 繇 (cause, means) and 繇 (divination text).

Components

radical
糸 sī
silk; thread
糸 is the silk radical at the bottom. The original sense was following or attendant threads, later borrowed for labor service and song.
phonetic
䍃 yáo
pottery jar
䍃 supplies the sound yáo, the same phonetic seen in 谣 and 摇. It carries the reading, not the meaning.

Stroke Order

繇 yáo