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夭
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die young

HSK 10
Human →Relations
yāo
ヨウ、オウ、カ
わか.い、わかじに、わざわい
요, 오
Depicts a person walking quickly. Original form of 走. Relation to current meaning unclear.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
夭
Regular
Modern
Chinese
夭 [yāo]
tender; gentle; to die prematurely
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
逃之夭夭 [táo​zhī​yāo​yāo] #16,574
to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime)
夭折 [yāo​zhé] #25,732
to die young or prematurely
夭亡 [yāo​wáng] #57,594
to die young
早夭 [zǎo​yāo]
to die young
靠夭 [kào​yāo]
variant of 靠腰[kào​yāo]
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
夭折 [ようせつ] #69,626
premature death
夭逝 [ようせい] #131,349
premature death
夭死 [ようし] #142,974
premature death
中夭 [ちゅうよう]
dying young
天変地夭 [てんぺんちよう]
natural disaster
KOREAN WORDS (1)
요절
premature death; dying young