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Character Decomposition
杳=木+日
Etymology
The sun 日 setting below the woods 木
Meanings
dark and quiet
disappear
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Words with 杳 60 total
far and deep杳霭yǎo ǎidistant and out of sight杳茫yǎo mángdimly discernible杳渺yǎo miǎodim and dusky · far and indistinct杳冥yǎo míngquiet, silent, and lonely · far and indistinct · gone without a trace杳然yǎo rándeep and somber · see also 窈窈 yǎo yǎo杳杳yǎo yǎowithout news from sb (idiom)雁杳鱼沉yàn yǎo yú chénlit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom) · fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact鱼沉雁杳yú chén yàn yǎoto be gone forever (idiom) · to disappear without a trace杳如黄鹤yǎo rú huáng hè(idiom) without trace of human presence; uninhabited; deserted杳无人迹yǎo wú rén jìto have no news whatever杳无音信yǎo wú yīn xìnno news of somebody for a long time · no tidings have been heard for a long time · there has been no news whatsoever about somebody · have never been heard of since杳无音讯yǎo wú yīn xùn
Idioms with 杳 15 total Chain
without news from sb (idiom)雁杳鱼沉yàn yǎo yú chénto be gone forever (idiom) · to disappear without a trace杳如黄鹤yǎo rú huáng hè(idiom) without trace of human presence; uninhabited; deserted杳无人迹yǎo wú rén jìto have no news whatever杳无音信yǎo wú yīn xìnno news of somebody for a long time · no tidings have been heard for a long time · there has been no news whatsoever about somebody · have never been heard of since杳无音讯yǎo wú yīn xùn
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