夭
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(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3]); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant
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Dict coverage rank #3,442 U+592D
How 夭 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A person with head tilted - leaning forward, running, energetic
How to remember it
die young · Heisig RSH #440
St. Bernard dog + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 夭 as their sound component
These characters all use 夭 (yāo) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夭 sound component | yāo | young, energetic; to die young |
| 沃 | wò | to water, to irrigate; fertile, rich |
| 妖 | yāo | strange, weird, supernatural; bewitching, enchanting, seductive |
| 跃 | yuè | to skip, to jump, to frolic |
| 袄 | ǎo | coat, jacket, outerware |
| 饫 | yù | full, satiated; to confer |
| 岙 | ào | island |
Words containing 夭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逃之夭夭 | táo zhī yāo yāo | to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime); to sho… |
| 夭折 | yāo zhé | to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely |
| 早夭 | zǎo yāo | to die young |
| 夭寿 | yāo shòu | to die young; (Tw) (curse word) drop dead; go to hell; (literary) short life and long life |
| 夭亡 | yāo wáng | to die young |
| 靠夭 | kào yāo | variant of 靠腰[kao4 yao1] |
| 夭殇 | yāo shāng | to die young |