náo

scratch

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

尧 sound component

  Sound component

yáo

  

a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Evolution

挠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
挠 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
挠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
挠 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
挠 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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náo

scratch; disturb, bother; submit; to scratch; to thwart; to yield

Most common words with 挠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to scratch

阻挠

to thwart

不屈不挠

unyielding

挠头

tricky

百折不挠

to be indomitable