桡 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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ráo

bent or twisted piece of wood

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 橈.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

尧 Sound component

yáo

a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

ráo

bent or twisted piece of wood; a paddle; radius (anatomy); bone of the forearm

Most common words with 桡

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	桡骨	radius (anatomy)
	桡	radius (anatomy)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5406th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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