Chinese symbol for “tricky”
挠头
náo tóu
Traditional: 撓頭
tricky; problematic; difficult; to scratch one's head (in puzzlement)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tricky is 挠头 (náo tóu), defined as: tricky; problematic; difficult; to scratch one's head (in puzzlement).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tricky”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 挠头.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阻挠 (阻撓) | zǔ náo | to thwart; to obstruct (sth) |
| 不屈不挠 (不屈不撓) | bù qū bù náo | unyielding; indomitable |
| 百折不挠 (百折不撓) | bǎi zhé bù náo | to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom); to be undaunted by repeated setbacks |
| 挠痒痒 (撓癢癢) | náo yǎng yang | to tickle |
| 抓挠 (抓撓) | zhuā nao | to scratch; to mess about with |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 镜头 (鏡頭) | jìng tóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tricky”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.