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繇
yáo
1. folk-song
2. forced labor
✏️ 17 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

繇
yáo
cause, means, reason
17 丶

Compound Words (1)

钟繇
ZhōngYáo
Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei [[曹魏<CáoWèi>]] and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script [[楷書|楷书<kǎishū>]]

Alternate Entries

繇
yóu
cause / means
繇
zhòu
interpretations of the trigrams

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
5,507