撓
náo HSK7

scratch

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

堯
堯 Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnræwXm-[q]ʰˤrewʔbend (v.); flinch
nræwXnˤ<r>[a]wʔdisturb
Zhengzhanghŋaːw
rŋaːw
rnaːwʔ
Unicodenǎu

說文解字

擾也。从手堯聲。一曰捄也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

挠 náo, xiāo, rào scratch Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撓.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode