yàoyǎo

corner

Evolution

窔 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
窔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窔 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

 

yào

corner

 

yǎo

dark; deep; southeast corner of room

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7734th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+7A94

Shuowen

“窔,窔,深也。从穴,交聲。”


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