鏖

鏖 · áo

to fight to the end, engage in a fierce battle

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
áo
Cantonese
ngou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to fight to the end, engage in a fierce battle

Dictionary definitions & readings

鏖 áo · violent fighting

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
64250.090:áo,biāo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0011.040:áo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
005.110:áo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
áo粵ou1,ngou4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
オウ ヒョウ みなごろし Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
오:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
於刀 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IPC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0010.9 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1319.300 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
158.43 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+93D6
Radical
金 · 167
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6409

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
鏖
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 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
'aw · 於刀 · 效開一平豪影 · #720

PHONO-ML, source line 5899; 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
1392.306
kHanYu
64250.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64250.090
kIRGKangXi
1319.300
kKangXi
1319.300
kMatthews
52
kMeyerWempe
2130a
kMorohashi
40799
kNelson
5379
kSBGY
158.43
kSMSZD2003Index
736.06
kCangjie
IPC
kFourCornerCode
0010.9
kHKGlyph
4303
kMojiJoho
MJ027185
kPhonetic
848 1503
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-7769
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C3EF
kIRG_JSource
J0-6F32
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8169
kIRG_KSource
K1-6838
kIRG_TSource
T1-793C
kRSUnicode
167.11
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
C3EF
kCCCII
215E2D
kCNS1986
1-793C
kCNS1992
1-793C
kEACC
215E2D
kGB0
8773
kGB1
8773
kJis0
7918
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6971
kTGH
2013:6409
kTaiwanTelegraph
6971
kXerox
267:347
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7021+167.8.11 C+7021+198.11.8
kCantonese
ngou4
kDefinition
to fight to the end, engage in a fierce battle
kFanqie
於刀
kHangul
오:1N
kHanyuPinyin
64250.090:áo,biāo
kJapanese
オウ ヒョウ みなごろし
kJapaneseKun
MINAGOROSHI
kJapaneseOn
OU
kKorean
O
kMandarin
áo
kSMSZD2003Readings
áo粵ou1,ngou4
kTGHZ2013
005.110:áo
kXHC1983
0011.040:áo

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 鏖0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
鹿 wraps around 金 from the upper left · the shape used in China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿸鹿金$(GJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸鹿金$(GJKP)

^⿱鹿金$(HT)

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