杳

yǎo

yǎospelled as iao · 3rd tone — spelling rules

dark and quiet · disappear

Radical: 木 Strokes: 8

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

机木本林来格树板横极松朱

Same radical

机木本林来格树板横极松朱条权术

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Character Decomposition

杳=木+日

Etymology

The sun 日 setting below the woods 木

Meanings

dark and quiet

disappear

yǎo

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Words with 杳 60 total

far and deep杳霭yǎo ǎi distant and out of sight杳茫yǎo máng dimly discernible杳渺yǎo miǎo dim and dusky · far and indistinct杳冥yǎo míng

Idioms with 杳 15 total Chain

without news from sb (idiom)雁杳鱼沉yàn yǎo yú chén to be gone forever (idiom) · to disappear without a trace杳如黄鹤yǎo rú huáng hè (idiom) without trace of human presence; uninhabited; deserted杳无人迹yǎo wú rén jì to have no news whatever杳无音信yǎo wú yīn xìn no news of somebody for a long time · no tidings have been heard for a long time · there has been no news whatsoever about somebody · have never been heard of since杳无音讯yǎo wú yīn xùn