撓
náo HSK7

scratch

挠 (撓) náo
scratch verb
to scratch an itch or part of the body

他伸出手去挠痒。

tā shēn​chū shǒu qù náo yǎng.

He reached out to scratch an itch.

thwart verb
to thwart, obstruct, or disturb

谁也阻挠不了这个计划的实施。

shéi yě zǔ náo bù liǎo zhè gè jì​huà de shí​shī.

No one can obstruct the implementation of this plan.

yield idiom
to yield, flinch, or give in

他在困难面前毫不投降，具有百折不挠的精神。

tā zài kùn​nan miàn​qián háo​bù tóu​xiáng, jù​yǒu bǎi​zhé​bù​náo de jīng​shén.

He never gives in to difficulties and possesses an indomitable spirit.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,794th most common 13.0 per million
Movie subtitles
2,643rd most common 6.55 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.31 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
8.65 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
挠
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+6493

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)