ào

a hollow in the ground

Components

Meaning component
earth

earth

Sound component
yòu young, infant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqrɯːw
qrɯːws
Unicodeqau

說文解字

地不平也。从土幼聲。

Sources

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