áo, āo
cook down
Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 敖 represents the sound.
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Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to decoct | ||
to stay up late or all night | ||
to suffer | ||
hard to bear | ||
to endure (years of suffering) |
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ŋˤaw | ngaw | áo | fry, roast (v.) |
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 12.8944% of movies
1932nd most common character in movies
2705th most common character in books
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+71AC |
Shuowen | “熬,乾煎也。从火,敖聲。,熬或从麥。” |