繇

繇 · yáo / yóu

reason, cause

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yáo · yóu
Cantonese
jau4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

reason, cause

Dictionary definitions & readings

繇 yáo · folk-song; forced labor

繇 yóu · cause; means

繇 zhòu · interpretations of the trigrams

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53446.060:yáo,yóu,zhòu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1342.050:yáo 1400.060:yóu 1506.110:zhòu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
444.060:yóu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yóu粵jau4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヨウ ジュ ユ ユウ チュウ うらかた えだち したがう よる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
요:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
餘昭 以周 直祐 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
BUHVF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2279.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0937.090 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
148.26 205.11 435.05 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1144n Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7E47
Radical
糸 · 120
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6268

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
繇
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
yew · 餘昭 · 效開三平宵以 · #668
Middle Chinese
yuw · 以周 · 流開三平尤以 · #990
Middle Chinese
drjuwH · 直祐 · 流開三去尤澄 · #3033

PHONO-ML, source line 5395; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1059.201
kDaeJaweon
1377.010
kFennIndex
638.03
kGSR
1144n
kHanYu
53446.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1377.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53446.060
kIRGKangXi
0937.090
kKangXi
0937.090
kKarlgren
221
kMatthews
7548
kMeyerWempe
3854h
kMorohashi
27856
kSBGY
148.26 205.11 435.05
kSMSZD2003Index
530.05
kCangjie
BUHVF
kFenn
658K
kFourCornerCode
2279.3
kMojiJoho
MJ020387
kPhonetic
1597
kUnihanCore2020
GHKMPT
kIICore
AGTKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-746D
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EDD9
kIRG_JSource
J13-7A34
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-FAAF
kIRG_KSource
K0-6923
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E46
kRSUnicode
120.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EDD9
kCCCII
227328
kCNS1986
2-5E46
kCNS1992
2-5E46
kEACC
227328
kGB0
8477
kGB1
8477
kJIS0213
1,90,20
kJis1
5249
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4925
kTGH
2013:6268
kTaiwanTelegraph
4925
kXerox
275:100
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14990+120.6.11
kCantonese
jau4
kDefinition
reason, cause
kFanqie
餘昭 以周 直祐
kHangul
요:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53446.060:yáo,yóu,zhòu
kJapanese
ヨウ ジュ ユ ユウ チュウ うらかた えだち したがう よる
kJapaneseKun
SHITAGAU
kJapaneseOn
YOU YUU YU CHUU JU
kKorean
YO
kMandarin
yáo
kSMSZD2003Readings
yóu粵jau4
kTGHZ2013
444.060:yóu
kXHC1983
1342.050:yáo 1400.060:yóu 1506.110:zhòu

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Structure & connections

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⿰ Left / right

Shape description
䍃 beside 系 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰䍃系$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰䍃系$(GHTJKP)

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