坳
ào

a hollow in the ground

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

earth

幼
幼 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