ào
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) habitable land; a place fit to settle
  2. 2 (classical) flat land among hills (used in coastal place names)

Examples

Gǔyì lǐ ào zhǐ kěyǐ jūzhù de dìfang.
In classical usage this character means land on which people can settle and live.

Tips

history
is not used as a standalone word in modern Chinese; classically it means habitable ground, and in southeastern coastal place names it marks a flat patch among hills. It is the earth radical plus the phonetic , the same phonetic in and .
register
Classical and place-name use only; modern Chinese says 地方 for a place to live.

Components

radical
earth; land
is the earth radical. It supplies the meaning: is a piece of land — ground people can settle on.
phonetic
ào
deep; inner recess (phonetic)
supplies the sound ào and a faint flavour of a sheltered inner nook, fitting a tucked-away habitable spot. The same phonetic gives the reading in and .

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Stroke Order

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