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岙

ào

Character Traditional 嶴

What 岙 means

1. plain in the middle of the mountains
2. used in place names, esp. in {浙江|Zhè jiāng} and {福建|Fú jiàn}

Characters built on 夭

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

• 妖yāogoblin; witch; devil
• 袄ǎocoat; jacket; short and lined coat or robe

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
• 坳depression; cavity; hollow; Taiwan pr. āo
• 懊to regret
• 骜a noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed; (fig.) (of a person) headstrong
• 鏊griddle; tava
• 墺building-plot
• 奡haughty; vigorous
• 垇(used in place names); variant of 坳
• 鿫oganesson (chemistry)

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read ào correctly.
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