繇

yáo/yóu/zhòu

folk-song; forced labor

Ancient forms

1 form
  1. Small sealQin–Han
  2. 繇RegularToday

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

yáo yao2
  1. folk-song
  2. forced labor
yóu as in 自繇自在 you2
  1. cause
  2. means
zhòu zhou4
  1. interpretations of the trigrams

Words with 繇

  • 自繇自在zìyóuzìzaifree and easy (idiom); carefree
  • 钟繇ZhōngYáoZhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 (Cáo Wèi) and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷书 (kǎi shū)
  • 张僧繇ZhāngSēngyóuZhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

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