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Usage of the character 繇

zhòu
[繇]
  • interpretations of the trigrams
yáo
[繇]
  • folk-song
  • forced labor
yóu
[繇]
  • cause
  • means
Zhōng Yáo
钟繇
[鍾繇]
  • Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 ( Cáo Wèi) and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書/楷书 (kǎishū)
Zhāng Sēngyóu
张僧繇
[張僧繇]
  • Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
zìyóuzìzai
自繇自在
[自繇自在]
  • free and easy (idiom); carefree
  • leisurely