嶅

嶅 · áo

numerous small rocks on a mountain; used in mountain and place names

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
áo
Cantonese
ngou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

numerous small rocks on a mountain; used in mountain and place names

Dictionary definitions & readings

嶅 áo · hill strewn with stones; (used in place names)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10792.200:áo,ào Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0011.150:áo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
004.160:áo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
áo粵ngou4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゴウ ギョウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
五勞 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GKU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5877.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0318.310 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
158.08 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5D85
Radical
山 · 46
Strokes
13
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7473

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ngaw · 五勞 · 效開一平豪疑 · #718

PHONO-ML, source line 5865; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kDaeJaweon
0619.020
kHanYu
10792.200
kIRGDaeJaweon
0619.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10792.200
kIRGKangXi
0318.310
kKangXi
0318.310
kMorohashi
08414
kSBGY
158.08
kSMSZD2003Index
187.16
kCangjie
GKU
kFourCornerCode
5877.2
kMojiJoho
MJ010666
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kIRG_GSource
G8-7A7D
kIRG_HSource
H-9CEB
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-010666
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3FD8
kIRG_TSource
T4-432C
kRSUnicode
46.11
kTotalStrokes
13
kCCCII
24256A
kGB8
9093
kMainlandTelegraph
1552
kTGH
2013:7473
kXerox
324:133
kCantonese
ngou4
kDefinition
numerous small rocks on a mountain; used in mountain and place names
kFanqie
五勞
kHanyuPinyin
10792.200:áo,ào
kJapanese
ゴウ ギョウ
kMandarin
áo
kSMSZD2003Readings
áo粵ngou4
kTGHZ2013
004.160:áo
kXHC1983
0011.150:áo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 嶅0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
敖 above 山 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Source notation ^⿱敖山$(GHT)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱敖山$(GHT)

^⿱⿰𫠤攵山$(P)

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