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摮

áo

Character

What 摮 means

1. archaicto hit; to strike; to smite

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
• 嗷loud clamor; the sound of wailing
• 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)
• 聱difficult to pronounce
• 謷greatness; slander; sound of weeping

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