聱

聱 · áo

bent and twisted; too complicated

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
áo
Cantonese
ngou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

bent and twisted; too complicated

Dictionary definitions & readings

聱 áo · difficult to pronounce

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42793.040:áo,yóu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0011.110:áo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
005.070:áo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
áo粵ngou4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ギュウ ギョウ グ ゴウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
오:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
五交 五勞 語虯 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GKSJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4840.1 5840.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0969.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
153.58 158.05 216.23 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8071
Radical
耳 · 128
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6034

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
聱
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ngaew · 五交 · 效開二平肴疑 · #697
Middle Chinese
ngaw · 五勞 · 效開一平豪疑 · #718
Middle Chinese
ngjiw · 語虯 · 流開三平幽疑 · #1042

PHONO-ML, source line 5650; 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
kCihaiT
1085.202
kDaeJaweon
1420.020
kHanYu
42793.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1420.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42793.040
kIRGKangXi
0969.110
kKangXi
0969.110
kMorohashi
29159
kNelson
3714
kSBGY
153.58 158.05 216.23
kSMSZD2003Index
547.02
kCangjie
GKSJ
kFourCornerCode
4840.1 5840.1
kHKGlyph
3251
kMojiJoho
MJ020875
kPhonetic
966
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGTH
kIRG_GSource
G0-717A
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C16D
kIRG_JSource
J14-752D
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6A5B
kIRG_KSource
K1-6830
kIRG_TSource
T1-7477
kRSUnicode
128.11
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C16D
kCCCII
215273
kCNS1986
1-7477
kCNS1992
1-7477
kEACC
215273
kGB0
8190
kGB1
8190
kJIS0213
2,85,13
kJis1
5372
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
9107
kTGH
2013:6034
kTaiwanTelegraph
9043
kXerox
305:362
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15019+128.6.11 V+15401+128.6.11
kCantonese
ngou4
kDefinition
bent and twisted; too complicated
kFanqie
五交 五勞 語虯
kHangul
오:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42793.040:áo,yóu
kJapanese
ギュウ ギョウ グ ゴウ
kJapaneseKun
KIKANAI
kJapaneseOn
GOU GYOU
kKorean
O
kMandarin
áo
kSMSZD2003Readings
áo粵ngou4
kTGHZ2013
005.070:áo
kXHC1983
0011.110:áo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 聱0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
敖 above 耳 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱敖耳$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱敖耳$(GHTJKP)

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