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鳌

áo

Character Traditional 鰲

What 鳌 means

1. mythological sea turtle

Other readings

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

• áovariant of {鳌|áo}

Words starting with 鳌

• 鳌背负山áo bèi fù shāndebt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back
• 鳌抃áo biàn(literary) elated and excited; overjoyed

Words containing 鳌

• 博鳌镇Bó áo ZhènBo'ao, coastal town in Hainan, a tourist destination and the site of the annual Boao…
• 独占鳌头dú zhàn áo tóu(idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations…
• 博鳌亚洲论坛Bó áo Yà zhōu Lùn tánBoao Forum for Asia, founded in 2001
• 博鳌Bó áosee 博鳌镇

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
• 嗷áoloud clamor; the sound of wailing
• 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 鳌

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

• 警jǐngto alert; to warn; police
• 簧huángreed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 蹙cùto knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate
• 鳖biēsoftshell turtle
• 螫shì(literary) (of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite
• 瞽gǔblind; undiscerning

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
• 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)
• 摮(archaic) to hit; to strike; to smite
• 聱difficult to pronounce
• 謷greatness; slander; sound of weeping