鳌

鳌 · áo

huge sea turtle

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
áo
Cantonese
ngou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

huge sea turtle

Dictionary definitions & readings

鳌 áo · mythological sea turtle

鳌 áo · variant of 鰲 áo

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0011.160:áo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
005.100:áo Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
QKNWM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5810 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1480.511 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9CCC
Radical
鱼 · 195
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6311

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
鳌
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 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

鰲

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
74704.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74704.170
kIRGKangXi
1480.511
kKangXi
1480.511
kCangjie
QKNWM
kFourCornerCode
5810
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-7721
kRSUnicode
195'.10
kTotalStrokes
18
kCCCII
295925
kEACC
295925
kGB0
8701
kMainlandTelegraph
7663
kTGH
2013:6311
kCantonese
ngou4
kDefinition
huge sea turtle
kMandarin
áo
kTGHZ2013
005.100:áo
kXHC1983
0011.160:áo
kTraditionalVariant
U+9C32

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
8dictionary records using 鳌0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
敖 above 鱼 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱敖鱼$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱敖鱼$(G)

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