杳

See also: 杲

杳 U+6773, 杳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6773 ← 杲 [U+6772] CJK Unified Ideographs 杴 → [U+6774]

Translingual

Han character

杳 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木日 (DA), four-corner 4060₉, composition ⿱木日)

Derived characters

• 𣇿, 𬇷, 𨓳, 𩭰, 𮋆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14501
• Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1169, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6773

Chinese

trad.		杳
simp. #		杳
alternative forms		窅

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 木 (“tree”) + 日 (“sun”) - dark. Compare 杲 (gǎo, “bright”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎo (yao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵ / jiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yao³
    • Yale: yǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: miu⁵ / jiu²
    • Yale: míuh / yíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵ / jiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵ / yiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³/, /jiːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ewX

Rime
Character	杳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	烏皎切
Baxter	'ewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔeuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔeuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔeuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛwX/
Li Rong	/ʔeuX/
Wang Li	/ieuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔmeːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杳
Reading #	1/1
No.	14728
Phonetic component	杳
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔmeːwʔ/

Definitions

杳

1. dim; dark; gloomy
2. indistinct; distant
3. quiet; secluded
4. vast; expansive
5. to disappear

Compounds

• 人琴俱杳
• 人跡杳然 / 人迹杳然
• 杳冥
• 杳如黃鶴 / 杳如黄鹤
• 杳杳 (yǎoyǎo)
• 杳渺
• 杳漫
• 杳然 (yǎorán)
• 杳無人煙 / 杳无人烟 (yǎowúrényān)
• 杳無人跡 / 杳无人迹
• 杳無信息 / 杳无信息
• 杳無消息 / 杳无消息
• 杳然無蹤 / 杳然无踪
• 杳無蹤影 / 杳无踪影
• 杳無蹤跡 / 杳无踪迹
• 杳無音信 / 杳无音信 (yǎowúyīnxìn)
• 杳眇
• 杳茫
• 芳魂已杳
• 雁杳魚沉 / 雁杳鱼沉 (yànyǎoyúchén)
• 音信杳無 / 音信杳无
• 音信杳然 (yīnxìnyǎorán)
• 音問杳然 / 音问杳然
• 音稀信杳
• 魚沉雁杳 / 鱼沉雁杳 (yúchényànyǎo)
• 鱗鴻杳絕 / 鳞鸿杳绝

References

• “杳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–