瑤

Information about character(s)

Radical: 玉
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 14
Simplified Form: 瑶

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yáo
Cantonese: jiu4
JapaneseKun: TAMA
JapaneseOn: YOU
Korean: YO
Vietnamese: rơm dao

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: precious jade

CE-Dict: jade/precious stone/mother-of-pearl/nacre/precious/used a complementary honorific

Soothill: Jasper (green), green crystal.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a precious jade or stone
2.clean, pure and white
3.treasurable; valuable

康熙字典文字版 【午集上】【玉字部】瑤
【唐韻】余招切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】餘招切，𠀤音遙。【說文】玉之美者。【書·禹貢】瑤琨篠簜。【傳】瑤琨皆美玉。【疏】王肅云：瑤琨，美石次玉者。【詩·衞風】投我以木桃，報之以瓊瑤。【前漢·禮樂志】徧觀此眺瑤堂。【註】瑤，石而似玉者也。　又【詩·大雅】惟玉及瑤。【箋】玉瑤，容刀之佩。　又山名。【山海經】有瑤碧之山。　又池名。【列子·周穆王篇】遂賔于西王母，觴于瑤池之上。　又星名。【楚辭·九歎】騰羣鶴于瑤光。【註】瑤光，北斗杓星也。　又人名。【左傳·哀二十三年】晉荀瑤伐齊。【註】荀瑤，荀躒之孫。【晉語】知宣子將以瑤爲後。【註】瑤，知伯也。

CF-Dict: jade précieux/jaspe

Han-De-Dict: ein grüner Edelstein (Jaspis) (u.E.) (S)/Perlmutt (u.E.) (S)