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The character "尧" derives from its traditional form "堯", a composite structure integrating "垚", which denotes elevated earth through its triple soil component, with "兀", conveying a sense of loftiness, to form a semantic whole meaning "high" or "eminent". Originally functioning as the proper name for a mythic sage-king, the character's early usage established an enduring association with exemplary virtue and supreme authority. Over time, while its primary reference to the ancient ruler persisted, the character also broadened into other nominal domains such as surnames and personal names, consistently retaining its core connotations of nobility and ethical height. The graphical evolution to the current form "尧" involved a reduction in compositional complexity, yet preserved the essential ideographic suggestion of elevation inherent in its ancestral components.
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我叫张尧。
我弟弟叫尧尧。
王尧是我的同学。
尧舜是古代贤君。
这个传说起源于尧的时代。
人们常把尧天舜日当作理想社会。
历史课上我们学习了尧的治国方略。
研究尧时期的文化有助于理解华夏文明的源头。