夭
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- 1.(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yǎo]) (variant of 夭[yāo])
- 1.(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yǎo])
- 2.(literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant
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- 1.to die young, to die prematurely
- 2.to be aggrieved
- 3.to devastate
- 4.disaster
- 5.young, fresh-looking
- 6.tender, gentle
- 7.lush
- 8.young animal or plant
- 9.name of an ancient place
- 10.only used in 夭斜
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Etymology
Ideogram (指事) – a figure leaning forward, presumably running, hence energetic, young. See also the top component of the Kangxi radical 走. Coblin (1986) (apud Schuessler, 2007) considers it cognate to Tibetan ཡོ་བ (yo ba, “oblique, aslant”), གཡོ་བ (g.yo ba, “tilt”), གཡོས (g.yos); if so, probably of Sino-Tibetan origin. However, the medials do not agree, as the expected Middle Chinese reflex should be in division IV, not III-B (Schuessler, 2007). Compare also Mizo eu (“to bend backwards”) (ibid.). Possibly related to 委 (OC *qrolʔ, “to bend”) (e.g. in Chuci https://ctext.org/chu-ci/yuan-you1?searchu=%E5%A7%94&searchmode=showall#result) (ibid.).
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