Read Edit View history 敖 áo ramble, stroll, roam Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally a pictograph of a person (人) taking a stroll amid plants (屮). The 攵 component was added later. Pinyin Separate values with commas áo ×aó ×ào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts plants. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 敖 Simp strokes 敖 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 敖 Simp strokes 敖 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 攵 is a component form of 攴. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 敖 Simp strokes 敖 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 敖 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 212, 619 ], [ 285, 619 ], [ 423, 658 ], [ 484, 665 ] ], [ [ 202, 501 ], [ 243, 497 ], [ 423, 543 ], [ 473, 542 ] ], [ [ 326, 809 ], [ 369, 771 ], [ 355, 461 ], [ 338, 435 ] ], [ [ 105, 363 ], [ 136, 357 ], [ 168, 360 ], [ 387, 424 ], [ 434, 434 ], [ 475, 433 ] ], [ [ 352, 319 ], [ 393, 316 ], [ 422, 301 ], [ 440, 281 ], [ 392, 102 ], [ 364, 55 ], [ 343, 38 ], [ 247, 90 ] ], [ [ 300, 373 ], [ 325, 350 ], [ 283, 263 ], [ 217, 174 ], [ 177, 131 ], [ 124, 87 ], [ 110, 86 ], [ 107, 77 ] ], [ [ 624, 793 ], [ 643, 782 ], [ 666, 753 ], [ 645, 672 ], [ 603, 565 ], [ 556, 467 ], [ 500, 387 ] ], [ [ 585, 467 ], [ 594, 473 ], [ 653, 472 ], [ 698, 481 ], [ 805, 514 ], [ 854, 513 ] ], [ [ 659, 445 ], [ 698, 418 ], [ 683, 297 ], [ 659, 224 ], [ 626, 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Q 728 516 688 504 Q 645 494 592 486 Q 588 486 586 484 C 557 476 557 476 576 467 Q 613 449 651 449 L 690 457 Z", "M 680 208 Q 710 271 727 384 Q 731 408 736 417 Q 743 424 737 434 Q 725 449 690 457 C 661 465 642 470 651 449 Q 685 377 641 250 L 624 211 Q 578 142 509 99 Q 491 89 471 77 Q 449 64 477 65 Q 517 62 595 106 Q 626 124 651 159 Q 652 163 656 166 L 680 208 Z", "M 656 166 Q 759 24 803 20 Q 885 13 954 16 Q 990 17 988 28 Q 985 38 897 69 Q 762 127 695 194 Q 686 201 680 208 L 641 250 Q 619 275 598 301 Q 567 341 533 344 Q 517 347 513 342 Q 510 335 524 324 Q 560 299 624 211 L 656 166 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list 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