áo

bent and twisted

Components

Sound component
áo, aó, ào ramble, stroll, roam
Meaning component
ěr ear

ear

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaːw
ŋraːw
ŋrɯw

說文解字

不聽也。从耳敖聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica