TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
瑤
瑤 ＝ 王 ＋ 䍃
ㄧㄠˊ · yáo
noun — a fine jade; (figuratively) precious, beautiful
字源 FORM — what the parts do
䍃聲yáo — gives the sounda pot 缶 with a hand-mark above — the same piece in 搖、遙、謠
The jade radical (王/玉) with 䍃 yáo for the sound — a fine, bright jade, the kind likened to mother-of-pearl. The same 䍃 drives 搖 (shake), 遙 (far), 謠 (a chant). From the precious stone, anything beautiful borrows it: 瑤池 the fairy lake, 瑤琴 a jewelled zither.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊玉（王）映著光，䍃（yáo）在旁應聲——溫潤透亮，是美玉。
A piece of jade (王) catching the light, 䍃 sounding it out (yáo) — smooth and glowing: a fine jade.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)瑤（美玉）— a fine jade常用
→瑤池、瑤臺— precious, jewelled (of fairy places)
⇒瑤琴— beautiful, exquisite
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension