螯 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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áo

nippers

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 敖 represents the sound.

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng

bug, insect

敖 Sound component

áo, aó

ramble, stroll, roam

Definitions

áo

nippers; claw (of crab); chela; pincers; Astacus fluviatilis

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5610th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	16
Unicode	U+87AF

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