姚

yáo

yáospelled as iao · 2nd tone — spelling rules

handsome · good-looking

Radical: 女 Strokes: 9

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Less common

Same radical

女如好威委妇奸妙娘奴婆姑

Same radical

女如好威委妇奸妙娘奴婆姑婚妆娇

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Character Decomposition

姚=女+兆

Etymology

woman

Meanings

handsome

good-looking

yáo

surname Yao

Yáo

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Words with 姚 36 total

Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011姚明Yáo Míng Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach姚滨Yáo Bīn Dayao, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan大姚县Dà yáo Xiàn Yao'an, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan姚安县Yáo ān Xiàn Yao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of and姚思廉Yáo Sī lián Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four姚文元Yáo Wén yuán Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成姚雪垠Yáo Xuě yín Yuyao, a county-level city in Ningbo City, Zhejiang余姚市Yú yáo Shì