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挠

náo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 撓

What 挠 means

1. to scratch
2. to thwart
3. to yield

Words starting with 挠

• 挠头náo tóutricky; problematic; difficult
• 挠败náo bàidefeated; routed; crushed
• 挠曲náo qūto bend; flexing; deflection
• 挠率náo lǜthe torsion (of a space curve)
• 挠裂náo lièsplit due to repeated folding; flex crack
• 挠钩náo gōuiron hook at the end a long pole
• 挠痒痒náo yǎng yangto tickle

Words containing 挠

• 阻挠zǔ náoto thwart; to obstruct (sth)
• 不屈不挠bù qū bù náounyielding; indomitable
• 百折不挠bǎi zhé bù náoto keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)…
• 屈挠qū náoto surrender; to yield; to flex
• 抓挠zhuā naoto scratch; to mess about with; to quarrel
• 痒痒挠yǎng yang náobackscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
• 抓耳挠腮zhuā ěr náo sāito tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks…
• 干挠gān náovariant of 干扰

Characters built on 尧

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

• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 绕ràoto wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around
• 饶ráorich; abundant; exuberant
• 娆ráograceful
• 桡náo(literary) to disturb; (literary) to weaken
• 铙náobig cymbals
• 蛲náoparasitic worm; human pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
• 荛ráofuel; grass

Characters that look like 挠

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

• 径jìngfootpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 绕ràoto wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around
• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know
• 挽wǎnto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 娩miǎnto give birth to a child
• 捅tǒngto poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal

Sounds the same

Read náo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 桡(literary) to disturb; (literary) to weaken
• 呶clamor; (onomatopoeia) "look!"
• 铙big cymbals
• 蛲parasitic worm; human pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
• 猱(literary) a kind of gibbon; (music) wide vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴
• 硇used in 硇砂
• 夒a kind of gibbon (old variant of 猱
• 𢙐used in 懊𢙐ào náo
• 譊wrangling, contention, to dispute
• 峱name of a mountain