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Characters pronounced “yao”

47 characters across different Mandarin tones.

yáo

surname Yao

11 strokes

yáo

Chinese character

12 strokes

yāo

youngest

3 strokes

yāo

(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3])

4 strokes

yāo

to shout

6 strokes

yāo

goblin

7 strokes

yāo

waist

13 strokes

yāo

to invite

16 strokes

yáo

the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶

4 strokes

yáo

surname Yao

6 strokes

yáo

meat dishes

8 strokes

yáo

embankment

9 strokes

yáo

handsome

9 strokes

yáo

light carriage

9 strokes

yáo

mother-of-pearl

10 strokes

yáo

kiln

11 strokes

yáo

Chinese character

12 strokes

yáo

popular ballad

12 strokes

yáo

compulsory service

13 strokes

yáo

Chinese character

13 strokes

yáo

to shake

13 strokes

yáo

Chinese character

13 strokes

yáo

(bound form) distant; remote; far away

13 strokes

yáo

Chinese character

14 strokes

yáo

jade

14 strokes

yáo

floating in the air

14 strokes

yáo

Chinese character

15 strokes

yáo

Chinese character

16 strokes

yáo

folk-song

17 strokes

yáo

Chinese character

17 strokes

yáo

skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae)

18 strokes

yáo

Chinese character

19 strokes

yǎo

dark and quiet

8 strokes

yǎo

to bite

9 strokes

yǎo

sunken eyes

10 strokes

yǎo

(literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳[yao3])

10 strokes

yǎo

to ladle out; to scoop up

10 strokes

yǎo

a variety of grass

14 strokes

yào

medicine

9 strokes

yào

to want; to need; to ask for

9 strokes

yào

key

9 strokes

yào

(name of a mountain)

12 strokes

yào

sparrow hawk

15 strokes

yào

bright

18 strokes

yào

Chinese character

19 strokes

耀yào

brilliant

20 strokes

yào

Chinese character

21 strokes