Chinese Character 尧 Meanings and components.

Form

尧

Meaning

尧 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 尧 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are measure of length, … (丈) , (?) , and surname Wu (兀)

Its radical[1] is: 尢 (you2) which means: Lame, .尢you2lame

In cangjie it is written with JPMU

How to write 尧

To write尧yao2surname Yao you should write a combination of 丈zhang4measure of … ?? , 兀wu4surname Wu arranged in a 吕 shape:

丈 + ? + 兀 = 尧

尧 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

尧
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]
丈
Pinyin:zhang4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Measure Of Length, Ten Chinese Feet (3.3 M) . To Measure . Husband . Polite Appellation For An Older Male
?
Pinyin:?
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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