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杳

yǎo

Meanings

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yǎo
  1. 1.dark and quiet
  2. 2.disappear

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.dim; dark; gloomy
  2. 2.indistinct; distant
  3. 3.quiet; secluded
  4. 4.vast; expansive
  5. 5.to disappear

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 木 (“tree”) + 日 (“sun”) - dark. Compare 杲 (gǎo, “bright”).

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Stroke order

Components

杳木日

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Derived terms

人琴俱杳人跡杳然人迹杳然杳冥杳如黃鶴杳如黄鹤杳杳杳渺杳漫杳然杳無人煙杳无人烟杳無人跡杳无人迹杳無信息杳无信息杳無消息杳无消息杳然無蹤杳然无踪杳無蹤影杳无踪影杳無蹤跡杳无踪迹杳無音信杳无音信杳眇杳茫芳魂已杳雁杳魚沉

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Related words

杳茫 distant and out of sight杳霭 far and deep杳渺 dimly discernible杳眇 variant of 杳渺[yǎo miǎo]杳冥 dim and dusky杳杳 deep and somber杳然 quiet, silent, and lonely鱼沉雁杳 lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom)杳无音信 to have no news whatever雁杳鱼沉 without news from sb (idiom)杳无消息 see 杳无音信[yǎo wú yīn xìn]杳如黄鹤 to be gone forever (idiom)