敖
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variant of 遨[ao2]
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 攴 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 敖
- Common rank
- #3,330
- Unicode
- U+6556
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 敖 is formed
Components 攵
? unknown part
Words with 敖
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敖德萨 | Odessa (city in Ukraine) | |
| 敖贝得 | Obed (name) | |
| 敖汉旗 | Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia | |
| 敖包 | (loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones, former… | |
| 敖汉 | Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia | |
| 敖广 | Ao Guang, Dragon King of the East Sea, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 J… | |
| 敖顺 | Ao Shun, Dragon King of the North Sea in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] | |
| 敖闰 | Dragon King of the West Sea, Ao Run, also Ao Ji (敖吉) |
Sound family
These characters use 敖 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敖 sound part | to ramble, to play about; leisurely; surname | |
| 傲 | proud, haughty, overbearing | |
| 熬 | to boil, to simmer; to endure pain | |
| 鳌 | huge sea turtle | |
| 螯 | claws, pincers | |
| 獒 | smastiff, large fierce dog | |
| 嗷 | clamor; the sound of wailing | |
| 鏊 | a flat iron cooking-plate for cakes | |
| 廒 | granary | |
| 聱 | bent, twisted; overcomplicated |