夭 Chinese Dictionary | Lingo Converter

No.	Word	Radical	Strokes	Pronunciation	Meaning
1	夭		4	yāo	夭〈名〉刚出生的兽或禽毋覆巢,毋胎夭。--《淮南子》畋不掩群,不取麛夭;不涸泽而渔,不焚林而猎。--吴伯箫《猎户》初生的草木泽不伐夭。--《国语》夭 yao (象形。小篆字形,象头部屈曲的样子。本义屈,摧折) 同本义夭,屈也。--《说文》。按,从大而屈其首,指事,申者,腰之直,夭者头之曲。申申如也,夭夭如也。--《论语》毋伐木,毋夭英,毋附竿。--《管子·禁藏》又如夭英(折断幼苗) 夭短命,早死。未成年而死少壮而死曰夭。--《释名》不殀夭。-- 夭（殀)yāo ⒈ ①茂盛美丽桃之～～。 ②颜色和悦燕居（闲居）从容，申申～～（申申安详舒适）。 ⒉短命，早死～折。～亡。夭ǎo 1.动植物之初生者。夭wāi 1.见"夭斜"。夭wò 1.地名。

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