King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

螯 — Chinese character

螯
áo
claws, pincers

Pinyin
áo
Radical
142 ⾍ (Insect)
Strokes
16
Components
敖 虫
Formation
pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 敖
Japanese
螯 as a kanji

Common words with 螯

WordPinyinMeaning
绒螯蟹 (絨螯蟹)róng áo xièmitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
螯肢áo zhīchelicera
螯虾 (螯蝦)áo xiācrayfish

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.