náo
scratch
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 撓
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to scratch | ||
to thwart | ||
unyielding | ||
tricky | ||
to be indomitable |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m-[q]ʰˤrewʔ | nraewX | náo | bend (v.); flinch |
*nˤ<r>[a]wʔ | nraewX | náo | disturb |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 3.6521% of movies
2643rd most common character in movies
2794th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+6493 |
Shuowen | “撓，擾也。从手，堯聲。” |
Sources
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