遙

See also: 遥

遙	U+9059, 遙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9059

← 遘
[U+9058]

CJK Unified Ideographs

遚 →
[U+905A]

Translingual

Traditional	遙
Shinjitai (extended)	遥
Simplified	遥

Han character

遙 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜月人山 (YBOU), four-corner 3730₇, composition ⿺辶䍃)

Derived characters

𢷫, 𦾾 (Only for Taiwan character forms as mainland China characters contain 遥 instead)

Related characters

遥 (Simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai)

References

KangXi: page 1262, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39035
Dae Jaweon: page 1757, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3873, character 2
Unihan data for U+9059

Chinese

trad.		遙/遥
simp.		遥
2nd round simp.		⿺辶夭
alternative forms		姚邎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (謠) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
搖	lews, lew
遙	*lew
瑤	*lew
徭	*lew
鰩	*lew
媱	*lew
傜	*lew
颻	*lew
窰	*luː
愮	*lew
鷂	lew, lews
榣	*lew
嗂	*lew
猺	*lew
謠	*lew
鎐	*ʔsloːwɢ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáo (yao²)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): iâu
(Teochew, Peng'im): iao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
  - Wade–Giles: yao²
  - Yale: yáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
  - Palladius: яо (jao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu⁴
  - Yale: yìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâu
  - Tâi-lô: iâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /jiᴇu/

Rime
Character	遙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘昭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遙
Reading #	1/1
No.	14705
Phonetic component	謠
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	遙
Old Chinese	/*lew/

Definitions

遙

distant; far away
- 今日交通文軌，登臨不覺亞歐遙 [MSC, trad.]
  今日交通文轨，登临不觉亚欧遥 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1908, Zhang Zhidong, Couplet written for tower constructed near the site of the Yellow Crane Tower
  jīnrì jiāotōng wénguǐ, dēnglín bùjué Yà Ōu yáo [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Compounds

千里迢遙／千里迢遥
山遙水遠／山遥水远
平遙／平遥 (Píngyáo)
望古遙集／望古遥集
水遠山遙／水远山遥
消遙／消遥
自在逍遙／自在逍遥
超遙／超遥
迢遙／迢遥 (tiáoyáo)
逍遙／逍遥 (xiāoyáo)
逍遙學派／逍遥学派
逍遙法外／逍遥法外 (xiāoyáofǎwài)
逍遙自在／逍遥自在
逍遙自娛／逍遥自娱
逍遙自得／逍遥自得
逍遙遊／逍遥游

遙不可及／遥不可及
遙不可期／遥不可期
遙地裡／遥地里
遙夜／遥夜
遙念／遥念
遙悲／遥悲
遙感／遥感 (yáogǎn)
遙感探測／遥感探测
遙憶／遥忆
遙拜／遥拜
遙控／遥控 (yáokòng)
遙控器／遥控器 (yáokòngqì)
遙控飛機／遥控飞机
遙望／遥望 (yáowàng)
遙測／遥测 (yáocè)

遙測影像／遥测影像
遙測技術／遥测技术
遙相應和／遥相应和
遙祭／遥祭
遙裔／遥裔
遙見／遥见 (yáojiàn)
遙遙／遥遥 (yáoyáo)
遙遙無期／遥遥无期 (yáoyáowúqī)
遙遙相對／遥遥相对
遙遙華胄／遥遥华胄
遙遙領先／遥遥领先 (yáoyáolǐngxiān)
遙遠／遥远 (yáoyuǎn)
遙郡／遥郡
遙隔／遥隔
遙領／遥领

Japanese

Shinjitai	遥
Kyūjitai	遙

Kanji

遙

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 遥)

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Readings

Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}^{←𛀁う (yeu, ancient)}
Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}^{←𛀁う (yeu, ancient)}
Kun: はるか (haruka, 遙か)

Korean

Hanja

遙 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

遙: Hán Nôm readings: diêu, dao, dìu

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