Chinese Character 堯 Meanings and components.

Form

堯

Meaning

堯 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yao.

Yao Or Tang Yao (C. 2200 Bc), One Of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], Second Son Of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 堯 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 堯|尧, … (垚) , and surname Wu (兀)

Its radical[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with GGGU

How to write 堯

To write堯yao2surname Yao you should write a combination of 垚yao2variant of … , 兀wu4surname Wu arranged in a 吕 shape:

垚 + 兀 = 堯

堯 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 堯 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 堯, looks as follow:

堯
Pinyin:yao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao . Yao Or Tang Yao (C. 2200 Bc), One Of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], Second Son Of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
垚
Pinyin:yao2 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 堯|尧, Legendary Emperor Yao, C. 2200 Bc . Embankment
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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