# 遙

| 遙 | U+9059, &#36953; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9059 |
| ← 遘 [U+9058] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 遚 → [U+905A] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 遙 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 遥 |
| Simplified | 遥 |

### Han character

遙 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜月人山 (YBOU), four-corner 3730$_7$, composition ⿺辶⿱𱼀缶 or ⿺辶䍃)

#### Derived characters

* 𢷫, 𦾾 (Only for Taiwan character forms as mainland China characters contain 遥 instead)

#### Related characters

* 遥 (Simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1262, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39035
* Dae Jaweon: page 1757, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3873, character 2
* Unihan data for U+9059

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 搖 | *lews, *lew |
| 遙 | *lew |
| 瑤 | *lew |
| 徭 | *lew |
| 鰩 | *lew |
| 媱 | *lew |
| 傜 | *lew |
| 颻 | *lew |
| 窰 | *luː |
| 愮 | *lew |
| 鷂 | *lew, *lews |
| 榣 | *lew |
| 嗂 | *lew |
| 猺 | *lew |
| 謠 | *lew |
| 鎐 | *ʔsloːwɢ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yáo (yao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iao$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
*** Wade–Giles: yao$^2$
*** Yale: yáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
*** Palladius: яо (jao)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^4$
*** Yale: yìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯²¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ieu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâu
*** Tâi-lô: iâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâu
*** Sinological IPA : /iau⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: yew
Rime :
| Character | 遙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 餘昭切 |
| Baxter | yew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /jæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiaw/ |
| Li Rong | /iɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭɛu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yáo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jiu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*lew/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 遙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14705 |
| Phonetic component | 謠 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 遙 |
| Old Chinese | /*lew/ |

### Definitions

遙
* distant; far away
    From: 1908, Zhang Zhidong, Couplet written for tower constructed near the site of the Yellow Crane Tower
    jīnrì jiāotōng wénguǐ, dēnglín bùjué Yà Ōu yáo [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Compounds

* 千里迢遙
* 山遙水遠／山遥水远
* 平遙／平遥 (Píngyáo)
* 望古遙集／望古遥集
* 水遠山遙／水远山遥
* 消遙／消遥 (xiāoyáo)
* 自在逍遙／自在逍遥
* 超遙／超遥
* 迢遙／迢遥 (tiáoyáo)
* 逍遙／逍遥 (xiāoyáo)
* 逍遙學派／逍遥学派
* 逍遙法外／逍遥法外 (xiāoyáofǎwài)
* 逍遙自在／逍遥自在 (xiāoyáozìzài)
* 逍遙自娛／逍遥自娱
* 逍遙自得／逍遥自得
* 逍遙遊／逍遥游
* 遙不可及／遥不可及
* 遙不可期／遥不可期
* 遙地裡／遥地里
* 遙夜／遥夜
* 遙念／遥念
* 遙悲／遥悲
* 遙感／遥感 (yáogǎn)
* 遙感探測／遥感探测
* 遙憶／遥忆
* 遙拜／遥拜
* 遙控／遥控 (yáokòng)
* 遙控器／遥控器 (yáokòngqì)
* 遙控飛機／遥控飞机
* 遙望／遥望 (yáowàng)
* 遙測／遥测 (yáocè)
* 遙測影像／遥测影像
* 遙測技術／遥测技术
* 遙相應和／遥相应和
* 遙祭／遥祭
* 遙裔／遥裔
* 遙見／遥见 (yáojiàn)
* 遙遠／遥远 (yáoyuǎn)
* 遙遙／遥遥 (yáoyáo)
* 遙遙無期／遥遥无期 (yáoyáowúqī)
* 遙遙相對／遥遥相对
* 遙遙華胄／遥遥华胄
* 遙遙領先／遥遥领先 (yáoyáolǐngxiān)
* 遙郡／遥郡
* 遙隔／遥隔
* 遙領／遥领

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 遥 |
| Kyūjitai | 遙 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 遥)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: よう (yō)
* Kan-on: よう (yō)
* Kun: はるか (haruka, 遙か)

## Korean
### Hanja

遙 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

遙: Hán Nôm readings: diêu, dao, dìu
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