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繇

yáo

Character

What 繇 means

1. folk-song
2. forced labor

Other readings

繇 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yóucause; means
• zhòuinterpretations of the trigrams

Words containing 繇

• 钟繇Zhōng YáoZhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏
• 张僧繇Zhāng Sēng yóuZhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties…
• 自繇自在zì yóu zì zaifree and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely

Characters built on 䍃

These share the phonetic component 䍃 (yáo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 遥yáo(bound form) distant; remote; far away
• 谣yáopopular ballad; rumor
• 瑶yáojade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl
• 鳐yáoray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
• 鹞yàosparrow hawk; Accipiter nisus
• 徭yáocompulsory service

Sounds the same

Read yáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 摇to shake; to rock; to row
• 遥(bound form) distant; remote; far away
• 肴meat dishes; mixed viands
• 谣popular ballad; rumor
• 姚handsome; good-looking
• 瑶jade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl
• 窑kiln; oven; coal pit
• 侥used in 僬侥
• 爻the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦
• 鳐ray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
• 徭compulsory service
• 珧mother-of-pearl