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坳

ào

Character

What 坳 means

1. depression; cavity; hollow
2. Taiwan pr. āo

Other readings

坳 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• àovariant of {坳|ào}

Words starting with 坳

• 坳陷ào xiàn(geology) depression; low-lying area

Characters built on 幼

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

• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 窈yǎo(literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳

Characters that look like 坳

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

• 珊shāncoral
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 呦yōuOh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 恸tònggrief
• 柩jiùbier

Sounds the same

Read ào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 傲proud; arrogant; to despise
• 奥obscure; mysterious
• 澳deep bay; cove; harbor
• 拗(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 懊to regret
• 骜a noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed; (fig.) (of a person) headstrong
• 鏊griddle; tava
• 岙plain in the middle of the mountains; used in place names, esp. in 浙江
• 墺building-plot
• 奡haughty; vigorous
• 垇(used in place names); variant of 坳
• 鿫oganesson (chemistry)