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姚

yáo

handsome, elegant, attractive; surname

🔤 Pictophonetic: 女 (woman) provides meaning, 兆 provides pronunciation
HSK 9 strokes Common (23%)
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Component Breakdown

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女
nǚ
woman, girl; female
兆
zhào
omen; mega-, million
⿰女兆 i

Stroke Order

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Component Tree i

nǚ
女
woman, girl; female
📷 Pictographic: A woman turned to the side
3 strokes HSK 1
zhào
兆
omen; mega-, million
📷 Pictographic: Cracks in oracle bones used in fortune-telling
6 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 姚 (13)

Yáo
姚 ↗
surname Yao
yáo
姚 ↗
handsome / good-looking
Yáoān
姚安 ↗
Yao'an county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture [[楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州<ChǔxióngYízúzìzhìzhōu>]], Yunnan
YáoĀnxiàn
姚安县 ↗
Yao'an county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture [[楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州<ChǔxióngYízúzìzhìzhōu>]], Yunnan
YáoSīlián
姚思廉 ↗
Yao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of [[梁書|梁书]] and [[陳書]] [[陈书]]
YáoWényuán
姚文元 ↗
Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
YáoMíng
姚明 ↗
Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011
YáoBīn
姚滨 ↗
Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach
YáoXuěyín
姚雪垠 ↗
Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng [[李自成]]
Dàyáo
大姚 ↗
Dayao county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture [[楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州<ChǔxióngYízúzìzhìzhōu>]], Yunnan
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