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夭
殀
yāo
1. variant of [[夭<yāo>]]
2. to die young
3. to die prematurely
4. Taiwan pr. <yǎo>
Uncommon • Top 31% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

夭
yāo
young, energetic; to die young
4 丶

Compound Words (4)

夭亡
yāowáng
to die young
夭折
yāozhé
to die young or prematurely
早夭
zǎoyāo
to die young
逃之夭夭
táozhīyāoyāo
to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime)

Alternate Entries

夭
yāo
tender / gentle / to die prematurely

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,078
Word Frequency Rank
25,897 of 84,292