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yǎo
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Definitions

yǎo (literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳[yǎo])

Etymology phono-semantic

cave

Semantic: 穴 Phonetic: 幼

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
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Related Characters

Component: 幼

黝 拗 坳 蚴 呦 靿 泑 眑 袎

Component: 穴

空 究 突 穿 窗 穷 窝 窃 窄 窑 帘 窜 窥 窦

Components

幼 穴

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