夭
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(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3]); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 大 +1
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 夭
- Common rank
- #3,442
- Unicode
- U+592D
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Formation & memory
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How 夭 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A person with head tilted - leaning forward, running, energetic
How to remember it
die young · Heisig RSH #440
St. Bernard dog + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 夭
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逃之夭夭 | to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime); to sho… | |
| 夭折 | to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely | |
| 早夭 | to die young | |
| 夭寿 | to die young; (Tw) (curse word) drop dead; go to hell; (literary) short life and long life | |
| 夭亡 | to die young | |
| 靠夭 | variant of 靠腰[kao4 yao1] | |
| 夭殇 | to die young |
Sound family
These characters use 夭 as their sound component — compare how they read.