墺

ào
noun

Meanings

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

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
墺 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 土 plus the phonetic 奥, the same phonetic in 澳 and 懊.
register
Classical and place-name use only; modern Chinese says 地方 for a place to live.

Components

radical
土 tǔ
earth; land
土 is the earth radical. It supplies the meaning: 墺 is a piece of land, ground people can settle on.
phonetic
奥 ào
deep; inner recess
奥 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 澳 and 懊.

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Stroke Order

墺 ào