窅(yǎo)

10 strokes

sunken eyes

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Character information

Pinyin
yǎo
Meaning
sunken eyes; deep and hollow; remote and obscure; variant of 杳[yao3]
Strokes
10
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 窅 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱穴目

Sunken 穴 eyes 目

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

穴xué目mù

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 窅 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 窅

Common words using 窅 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yǎo窅rán然

far and deep; remote and obscure; see also 杳然[yao3 ran2]

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Related characters

From 窅’s common words

然

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