遨

遨 · áo

ramble, roam; travel for pleasure

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

ramble, roam; travel for pleasure

Mandarin
áo
Cantonese
ngou4

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 遨 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

ゴウ

Kun’yomi · hiragana

あそぶ

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

ゴウ あそぶ

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

오

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
오
KS X 1002 (1) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

오:1N

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

ngao

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

ngao

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9068
Radical
辵 · 162
Strokes
13 · Unihan
Residual
11

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

13 strokes
遨
Strokes
13
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

13 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.

Graphical structure

⿺辶敖(GHTJK)
⿺辶⿰𫠤攵(PV)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 遨

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ngaw · 五勞 反切 · #718

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 5860 · ngaw = 效開一平豪疑

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
áo
kCantonese
ngou4
kDefinition
ramble, roam; travel for pleasure
kTotalStrokes
13
kRSUnicode
162.11
kTGH
2013:5346

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
áo 63869.040
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 遨 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 遨0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿺ Lower-left enclosure

Shape description
辶 wraps around 敖 from the lower left · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea
Source notation ^⿺辶敖$(GHTJK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿺辶敖$(GHTJK)

^⿺辶⿰𫠤攵$(PV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.