Chinese Character Wiki

螯

áo

nippers

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 敖 represents the sound.

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

敖 sound component

敖  Sound component

áo, aó

  

ramble, stroll, roam

Definitions

螯  

áo

nippers; claw (of crab); chela; pincers; Astacus fluviatilis

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5610th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+87AF


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