ráo

bent or twisted piece of wood

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

堯 sound component

  Sound component

yáo

  

legendary ancient emperor-sage

Evolution

橈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
橈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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ráo

bent or twisted piece of wood; a paddle; radius (anatomy); bone of the forearm

Most common words with 橈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

桡骨

radius (anatomy)

radius (anatomy)