瑶
jade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl; nacre; precious; used a complementary honorific
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,407 U+7476
How 瑶 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
王 (semantic, “jade”) + 䍃 (phonetic, yáo)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 䍃
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 䍃 (yáo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 䍃 sound component | yáo | vase, pitcher, earthenware |
| 摇 | yáo | to rock, to shake; to swing, to wave |
| 遥 | yáo | distant, remote |
| 谣 | yáo | rumor; folksong, ballad |
| 繇 | yáo | cause, means, reason |
| 鳐 | yáo | the nautilus; the ray |
| 徭 | yáo | conscripted labor |
| 飖 | yáo | floating in the air; drifting on the wind |
Words containing 瑶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大化瑶族自治县 | Dà huà Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Dahua Yao Autonomous County, in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 巴马瑶族自治县 | Bā mǎ Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Bama Yao Autonomous County, in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 河口瑶族自治县 | Hé kǒu Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Hekou Yao Autonomous County, in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河哈尼族彝… |
| 连南瑶族自治县 | Lián nán Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Liannan Yao Autonomous County, in Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市[Qing1 yuan3 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 江华瑶族自治县 | Jiāng huá Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, in Yongzhou City 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan |
| 都安瑶族自治县 | Dū ān Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Du'an Yao Autonomous County, in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 连山壮族瑶族自治县 | Lián shān Zhuàng zú Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County, in Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市[Qing1 yuan3 Shi4], Gua… |
| 金秀瑶族自治县 | Jīn xiù Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, in Laibin City 來賓市|来宾市[Lai2 bin1 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 乳源瑶族自治县 | Rǔ yuán Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, in Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市[Shao2 guan1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 富川瑶族自治县 | Fù chuān Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, in Hezhou City 賀州市|贺州市[He4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县 | Jīn píng Miáo zú Yáo zú Dǎi zú Zì zhì xiàn | Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County, in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture … |
| 恭城瑶族自治县 | Gōng chéng Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 瑶海区 | Yáo hǎi Qū | Yaohai, a district of Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui |
| 瑶海 | Yáo hǎi | see 瑤海區|瑶海区[Yao2 hai3 Qu1] |
| 瑶族 | Yáo zú | Yao ethnic group |
| 瑶池 | Yáo chí | the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母 |
| 瑶柱 | yáo zhù | see 乾貝|干贝[gan1 bei4] |
| 瑶之圃 | Yáo zhī pǔ | jade garden of celestial ruler; paradise |
| 琼瑶 | Qióng Yáo | Chiung Yao (1938–2024), Taiwanese writer |