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繇

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cause

HSK 10

Communication →Language

yáo, yóu, zhòu

ヨウ、ユウ、ユ、チュウ、ジュ

したが.う

Components

䍃 vase+ 系 lineage =

繇 cause

䍃 Phonetic component

yóu vase

a vase, a pitcher, earthenware

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系 Meaning component

xì lineage

system

link

Notes

Similar Characters

徭 conscript labor 搖 shake (trad)摇 wag (simp)瑤 precious (trad)瑶 precious jade (simp)谣 ballad (simp)遙 remote (trad)遥 far (simp)颻 floating (trad)飖 floating in air (simp)鳐 nautilus (simp)鷂 sparrow (trad)謠 rumor (trad)县 district (simp)係 relate to (trad/jp)鲧 giant (simp)縣 county (trad)孫 grandchild (trad/jp)

Chinese

繇 [yáo]

folk-song; forced labor

繇 [yóu]

cause; means

繇 [zhòu]

interpretations of the trigrams

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (5)

张僧繇 [ZhāngSēngyóu]

Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

张僧繇 [ZhāngSēngyóu]

Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

自繇自在 [zìyóuzìzai]

free and easy (idiom); carefree

钟繇 [ZhōngYáo]

Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏[CáoWèi] and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書|楷书[kǎishū]

钟繇 [ZhōngYáo]

Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏[CáoWèi] and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書|楷书[kǎishū]