Read Edit View history 挠 náo HSK7 scratch Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撓. Pinyin Separate values with commas náo ×xiāo ×rào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 撓 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 挠 Simp strokes 挠 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 挠 Simp strokes 挠 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 挠 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 123, 538 ], [ 409, 589 ] ], [ [ 263, 804 ], [ 319, 747 ], [ 302, 113 ], [ 271, 29 ], [ 168, 118 ] ], [ [ 49, 250 ], [ 106, 244 ], [ 388, 445 ] ], [ [ 441, 619 ], [ 761, 700 ] ], [ [ 479, 809 ], [ 530, 768 ], [ 556, 674 ], [ 621, 567 ], [ 740, 450 ], [ 844, 425 ], [ 858, 567 ] ], [ [ 731, 650 ], [ 747, 605 ], [ 733, 588 ], [ 631, 503 ], [ 473, 416 ] ], [ [ 402, 328 ], [ 759, 368 ] ], [ [ 497, 299 ], [ 530, 265 ], [ 481, 138 ], [ 436, 82 ], [ 346, 32 ] ], [ [ 605, 323 ], [ 644, 293 ], [ 644, 109 ], [ 689, 51 ], [ 830, 37 ], [ 928, 61 ], [ 930, 208 ] ] ], 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