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嗷

áo

Character

What 嗷 means

1. loud clamor
2. the sound of wailing

Words starting with 嗷

• 嗷嗷待哺áo áo dài bǔcry piteously for food

Characters built on 敖

These share the phonetic component 敖 (Áo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 傲àoproud; arrogant; to despise
• 熬áoto cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
• 鳌áomythological sea turtle
• 螯áochela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)
• 獒áo(bound form) mastiff
• 遨áoto make an excursion; to ramble; to travel
• 骜àoa noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed; (fig.) (of a person) headstrong
• 鏊àogriddle; tava

Characters that look like 嗷

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 傲àoproud; arrogant; to despise
• 嗓sǎngthroat; voice
• 嗽sòu(bound form) to cough
• 啾jiū(onomatopoeia) wailing of child; chirp; kiss (Tw)
• 嘧mì(phonetic) as in pyrimidine
• 嘌piào(literary) fast; speedy; used in 嘌呤

Sounds the same

Read áo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 熬to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
• 鳌mythological sea turtle
• 獒(bound form) mastiff
• 螯chela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)
• 遨to make an excursion; to ramble; to travel
• 鏖violent fighting
• 璈(mus. instr.)
• 廒granary
• 嶅hill strewn with stones; (used in place names)
• 摮(archaic) to hit; to strike; to smite
• 聱difficult to pronounce
• 謷greatness; slander; sound of weeping