Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "姚", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "姚", and master the standard way of writing the character "姚".
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姚 [yáo]
1. Beautiful appearance.
美好的样子:~冶(妖艳)。
2. A surname.
姓。
3. An ancient term meaning "distant" (same as "遥").
古同“遥”,远。
4. Phonetic term indicating character structure:形声。从女,兆声。本义:姓) Same as the original: it is said to be a descendant of Yu Shun.
(形声。从女,兆声。本义:姓) 同本义。相传为虞舜之后。
5. Also used in a literary sense to indicate something that is "long".
通“遥”。长 (【英】:long)
Reference:
1. 《说文》: 姚, 虞舜居姚虚, 因以为姓. According to the mother named "握登".
大荒南经,帝俊妻娥皇,生此三身之国,姚姓。
2. 《说文》: 有人说“姚”代表“娆”.
或为姚,娆也。
3. 《方言十三》: “姚”表示“好”.
姚,好也。
4. 《荀子·礼论》: Concerns elegance and beauty.
窕冶。注:“姚冶,妖美也。”
5. Quote by Liu Xiang: 美哉德乎!姚姚者乎!.
美哉德乎!姚姚者乎!
6. In literary context as well: 其功盛姚远矣!
其功盛姚远矣!
7. From 《汉书·礼乐志》: 雅声远姚.
雅声远姚.