夭
夭 — yo, o
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 일찍죽을 요, 끊어 죽일 오
- Romanization
- yo, o
- English
- young, fresh-looking; die young
- Mandarin
- yāo
- Japanese on'yomi
- ヨウ, ヤ, オウ, ヨク, オク, ワイ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- わか.い わかじに わざわい
- Japanese usage
- Not on either list
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 大 (37, 1 residual)
- Unicode
- U+592D
Parts that make up 夭
Korean example words with 夭
- 요절夭折 Korean gloss: 젊은 나이에 죽음
- 요사하다夭死 Korean gloss: 젊은 나이에 죽다
- 요도夭桃 Korean gloss: 시집갈 나이.
- 요수夭壽 Korean gloss: 젊은 나이에 죽음.
- 요졸夭卒 Korean gloss: 젊은 나이에 죽음.
- 요찰夭札 Korean gloss: 젊은 나이에 죽음.
- 요촉夭促 Korean gloss: 젊은 나이에 죽음.
- 중요中夭 Korean gloss: 뜻밖에 당한 재난.
- 횡요橫夭 Korean gloss: 젊은 나이에 죽음.
- 수요壽夭 Korean gloss: 오래 삶과 일찍 죽음.
- 요알夭閼 Korean gloss: 천명을 다하지 못하고 죽임을 당함.
- 도요桃夭 Korean gloss: 혼인을 올리기 좋은 시절을 이르는 말.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 夭
- 夭折ようせつ premature death
- 中夭ちゅうよう dying young
- 夭死ようし premature death
- 夭逝ようせい premature death
- 天変地夭てんぺんちよう natural disaster
Characters sharing the phonetic 夭
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “요”
Other hanja with radical 大
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