How to write 杳

杳 [yǎo] 1. 无影无声：Without a trace or sound. - 例如：杳无音信。 (No news at all.) - 杳然无声。 (Silent as a shadow.) - 杳如黄鹤 (A metaphor for a person or thing having completely disappeared.) 2. 幽暗，深广：Gloomy, dark, and vast. - 例如：杳渺。 (Gloomy and remote.) - 杳冥。 (Deep and dark.) 形： - 本义:昏暗 (Original meaning: gloomy) - 造字法:会意。上为“木”，下为“日”，表示太阳落在树木下，天色已昏暗。 (Character formation: Pictophonetic, with "wood" above and "sun" below, indicating the sun setting behind trees, signifying dim daylight.) 1. 同本义 ([En.] gloomy) 2. 幽深 ([En.] deep and serene) 3. 渺茫;深远;高远 ([En.] remote) 4. 消失，不见踪影 ([En.] without a trace) 引： 1. 《说文》：杳，冥也。 (Shuowen: "杳 means dark.") 2. 扬雄《甘泉赋》：杳旭卉兮。 注:“深远也。” (Yang Xiong, "Ode to Sweet Springs": "gloomy flowers." Note: "deep and remote.") 3. 傅毅《舞赋》：独驰思乎杳冥。 (Fu Yi, "Ode to Dance": "Alone I roam in the dark.") 4. 《楚辞·屈原·涉江》：杳冥冥兮羌昼晦，东风飘兮神灵雨。 (From "Chu Ci": "Dark and dim as day turns to dusk...") 例： - 又如:杳杳冥冥 (Dim and far away); 杳蒙 (Vague and unclear). 2. 幽深 ([En.] deep and serene) - 引：诸如《楚辞·屈原·九章·怀沙》：眴兮杳杳，孔静幽默。 (From "Chu Ci": "Distant and quiet.") - 例：又如:杳杳 (Gloomy and deep); 杳然 (Deep and serene); 杳昧 (Dark and obscure). 3. 渺茫;深远;高远 ([En.] remote) - 引：唐·杜牧《阿房宫赋》：杳不知所之也。 (Du Mu, "The Ode to Epang Palace": "A distance where I know not.") - 例：又如:杳远 (Remote and vague). 4. 消失，不见踪影 ([En.] without a trace) - 例：如:杳无影响 (No news); 杳沉 (To disappear, to be lost without a trace); 杳绝 (To vanish completely).