螯

螯 · áo

nippers

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
áo
Cantonese
ngou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

nippers

Dictionary definitions & readings

螯 áo · chela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42875.070:áo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0011.140:áo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
005.080:áo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
áo粵ngou4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゴウ はさみ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
五勞 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GKLMI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4813.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1094.530 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
158.14 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1130k Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87AF
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6035

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
螯
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
ngaw · 五勞 · 效開一平豪疑 · #718

PHONO-ML, source line 5871; 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
1196.201
kCowles
3054
kDaeJaweon
1559.270
kGSR
1130k
kHanYu
42875.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1559.270
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42875.070
kIRGKangXi
1094.530
kKangXi
1094.530
kMatthews
61
kMeyerWempe
2056e
kMorohashi
33496
kNelson
4178
kSBGY
158.14
kSMSZD2003Index
619.09
kCangjie
GKLMI
kFourCornerCode
4813.6
kMojiJoho
MJ023666
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-727C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EE67
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A28
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7287
kIRG_KSource
K2-5D23
kIRG_TSource
T2-5F35
kIRG_VSource
V3-376C
kRSUnicode
142.11
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EE67
kCCCII
232B6F
kCNS1986
2-5F35
kCNS1992
2-5F35
kEACC
232B6F
kGB0
8292
kGB1
8292
kJis0
7408
kMainlandTelegraph
5837
kTGH
2013:6035
kTaiwanTelegraph
5837
kXerox
300:322
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6541+142.6.11
kCantonese
ngou4
kDefinition
nippers
kFanqie
五勞
kHanyuPinyin
42875.070:áo
kJapanese
ゴウ はさみ
kJapaneseKun
HASAMI
kJapaneseOn
GOU
kMandarin
áo
kSMSZD2003Readings
áo粵ngou4
kTGHZ2013
005.080:áo
kXHC1983
0011.140:áo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
5dictionary records using 螯0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱敖虫$(GHTJ)

^⿱⿰𫠤攵虫$(KPV)

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