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

HSK 7-9
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
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

ào