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漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

瑶: beautiful as a jewel

JLPT N113 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

王 carries the meaning · 䍃 is drawn in

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 瑶顔ようがんbeautiful face; exquisite countenance
  • 瑶台ようだいfairyland
  • 瑶池ようちbeautiful pond; place where immortals live

Also read たま, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“A treasure for royalty! While it looks like a "king," the true soul of this radical is "jade."”
More in the 王 jewelry story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
王

Also built on jewelry (王)

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䍃

Also built on 䍃

Also read ヨウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
瑶 beautiful as a jewel · 王
vs揺 swing · 扌
瑶 has 王 where 揺 has 扌.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 瑤 · yáo

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 瑶. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 瑤.

Simplified
瑶 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
瑤 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yáo most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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