Chinese characters for “yao”

waist, lower back

to invite, to welcome

one

young, energetic

to cry, to bawl

strange, weird, supernatural

to rock, to shake

kiln, oven

diagrams for divination

a legendary ancient emperor-sage

cooked or prepared meat

mound, lump, round mass

handsome, elegant, attractive

light carriage

mother-of-pearl

a legendary ancient emperor-sage

rumor

conscripted labor

to rock, to shake

distant, remote

distant, remote

precious jade

precious jade

floating in the air

kiln, oven

cooked or prepared meat

cause, means, reason

rumor

the nautilus

floating in the air

to bite, to gnaw

dark, mysterious, obscure

deep, far, hollow

obscure, secluded

to ladle out

a place name in Shanxi province

a kind of grass

essential, necessary

drugs, medicine

lock, key

sparrow hawk

bright, glorious

drugs, medicine

to sparkle, to shine, to dazzle

sparrow hawk

lock, key