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敖
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ramble

HSK 10
Human →Actions →Movement
áo
ゴウ
あそ.ぶ、おご.る
오
Originally a pictograph of a person (人) taking a stroll amid plants (屮). The 攵 component was added later.
Components
屮 sprout+ 人 person+ 攵 tap =
敖 ramble
屮 Iconic component
chè sprout
Depicts plants.
人 Iconic component
rén person
man
攵 Meaning component
pū tap
rap, tap
攵 is a component form of 攴.
Notes
Similar Characters
卉 flowers失 lose朝 dynasty生 life甫 Fu疐 stumble毒 poison万 ten thousand (jp)丏 parapet临 draw (simp)乘 hitch a ride亮 shiny介 introduce从 since (simp)以 by means of企 look forward to众 multitude (simp)佥 all (simp)僉 unanimous (trad)兄 elder brother
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
敖
Regular
Modern
Chinese
敖 [Aó]
surname Ao
敖 [áo]
to ramble; to rove; old variant of 熬[áo]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
敖 てるお
Teruo unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (16)
敖德萨 [Aó​dé​sà] #18,644
Odessa (city in Ukraine)
敖德萨 [Aó​dé​sà] #18,644
Odessa (city in Ukraine)
敖汉旗 [Aó​hàn​qí] #58,583
Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chì​fēng], Inner Mongolia
敖汉旗 [Aó​hàn​qí] #58,583
Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chì​fēng], Inner Mongolia
敖广 [Aó​Guǎng] #61,285
Ao Guang
敖广 [Aó​Guǎng] #61,285
Ao Guang
敖顺 [Aó​Shùn] #68,501
Ao Shun, Dragon King of the North Sea in 西遊記|西游记[Xī​yóu​Jì]
敖顺 [Aó​Shùn] #68,501
Ao Shun, Dragon King of the North Sea in 西遊記|西游记[Xī​yóu​Jì]
敖汉 [Aó​hàn] #70,361
Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chì​fēng], Inner Mongolia
敖汉 [Aó​hàn] #70,361
Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chì​fēng], Inner Mongolia
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