yáo
diagrams for divination
Depicts two X shapes used as divinatory diagrams.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*N-kˤraw | haew | yáo | change; hexagram |
*N-kˤraw | haew | yáo | change; hexagram |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4680th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 4 |
Unicode | U+723B |
Shuowen | “爻,交也。象《易》六爻頭交也。” |
Sources
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