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杳
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dark

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Trees
yǎo
ヨウ
くら.い、はるか
묘
The sun 日 setting below the woods 木
Components
木 tree+ 日 day =
杳 dark
木 Meaning component
mù tree
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
Notes
Similar Characters
尞 burnt offering杲 bright sun榻 cot乘 hitch a ride休 rest县 district (simp)呆 dim-witted喿 chirping of birds宋 song尌 standing巢 nest新 new本 book朱 vermillion杏 apricot析 analyze林 woods枚 small objects果 fruit枼 table
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
杳
Regular
Modern
Chinese
杳 [yǎo]
dark and quiet; disappear
Japanese
杳 よう 同音
adj-tadv-to dark; not understood; unknown
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
杳 はるか
Haruka female given name
CHINESE WORDS (20)
杳无音信 [yǎo​wú​yīn​xìn] #36,479
to have no news whatever
杳无音信 [yǎo​wú​yīn​xìn] #36,479
to have no news whatever
杳然 [yǎo​rán] #58,030
quiet, silent, and lonely
杳如黄鹤 [yǎo​rú​huáng​hè] #65,759
to be gone forever (idiom)
杳如黄鹤 [yǎo​rú​huáng​hè] #65,759
to be gone forever (idiom)
杳无人烟 [yǎo​wú​rén​yān] #66,683
dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
杳无人烟 [yǎo​wú​rén​yān] #66,683
dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
杳冥 [yǎo​míng] #69,022
dim and dusky
杳无消息 [yǎo​wú​xiāo​xī] #70,661
see 杳無音信|杳无音信[yǎo​wú​yīn​xìn]
杳无消息 [yǎo​wú​xiāo​xī] #70,661
see 杳無音信|杳无音信[yǎo​wú​yīn​xìn]
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
杳として [ようとして] #58,117
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts)