yáo

precious jade

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
王 meaning component

  Meaning component

wángwàng

  

king

䍃 sound component

  Sound component

yóuyáo

  

vase, pitcher

Evolution

瑶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瑶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
瑶 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
瑶 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

yáo

precious jade; jade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl; nacre; precious; used a complementary honorific

() 

Yáo

Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia; surname Yao

Most common words with 瑶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

jade

琼瑶

Chiung Yao (1938-), Taiwanese writer

瑶族

Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia

瑶池

the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母

瑶海区

Yaohai district of Hefei city 合肥市[Hé​féi​shì], Anhui