翱
áo

soar

Components

皋
皋 Sound component
gāo, háo, gū the high land along a river
羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather

wings

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋuː

說文解字

翱翔也。从羽皐聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)