Read Edit View history 螯 áo nippers Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 敖 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas áo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 螯 Simp strokes 螯 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 螯 Simp strokes 螯 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 螯 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 243, 716 ], [ 516, 748 ] ], [ [ 250, 617 ], [ 498, 649 ] ], [ [ 358, 833 ], [ 401, 802 ], [ 377, 565 ] ], [ [ 159, 511 ], [ 507, 562 ] ], [ [ 390, 495 ], [ 453, 453 ], [ 426, 383 ], [ 380, 346 ], [ 332, 385 ] ], [ [ 333, 509 ], [ 348, 475 ], [ 277, 393 ], [ 114, 310 ] ], [ [ 607, 836 ], [ 641, 788 ], [ 543, 574 ] ], [ [ 599, 625 ], [ 822, 675 ] ], [ [ 667, 611 ], [ 701, 584 ], 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