皋陶

Gāo Yáo

proper noun

Meanings

1 Gao Yao, legendary minister of justice under the sage-king Shun

Characters

marsh; riverbank

used in this name

Examples

HSK 7-9

皋陶是舜的大臣，负责管理刑法。

Gāo Yáo shì Shùn de dàchén, fùzé guǎnlǐ xíngfǎ.

Gao Yao was a minister of Shun, in charge of the laws and punishments.

HSK 7-9

古代很多监狱里都供着皋陶的像。

Gǔdài hěnduō jiānyù lǐ dōu gòng zhe Gāo Yáo de xiàng.

Many prisons in imperial China kept a shrine with an image of Gao Yao.

Tips

mistakes

Here 陶 is read yáo, not táo as in 陶瓷.

culture

Legend gives him a one-horned beast, the 獬豸, that butted whichever side of a dispute was guilty. It became the emblem of judges and censors, and he is honoured as the founder of Chinese law.

Stroke Order

皋 gāo

陶 táo