挠
to scratch; to thwart; to yield
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,706 U+6320
How 挠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 尧 (phonetic, yáo)
How to remember it
chafe · Heisig RSH #1855
fingers + javelin thrower
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尧
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尧 (yáo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尧 sound component | yáo | a legendary ancient emperor-sage |
| 烧 | shāo | to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast |
| 绕 | rào | to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve |
| 饶 | ráo | abundant, bountiful |
| 翘 | qiào | outstanding; to elevate, to lift, to raise |
| 晓 | xiǎo | dawn; clear, explicit, known |
| 浇 | jiāo | to spray, to sprinkle, to water |
| 跷 | qiāo | to stand on tiptoe; stilts |
| 侥 | jiǎo | to be lucky; by chance, by luck |
| 桡 | ráo | radius, forearm; a bent or twisted piece of wood |
| 蛲 | náo | parasitic worm; human pinworm |
| 骁 | xiāo | valiant, brave; skilled; a noble steed |
| 娆 | ráo | graceful, charming, fascinating |
| 荛 | ráo | fuel, firewood; grass, shrub; Wikstroemia japonica |
| 哓 | xiāo | garrulous; disturbed; restless |
| 硗 | qiāo | barren land; sandy soil |
| 铙 | náo | cymbals, hand-bell; to disturb |
Words containing 挠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百折不挠 | bǎi zhé bù náo | to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom); to be undaunted by repeated setbacks… |
| 不屈不挠 | bù qū bù náo | unyielding; indomitable |
| 挠头 | náo tóu | tricky; problematic; difficult; to scratch one's head (in puzzlement) |
| 干挠 | gān náo | variant of 干擾|干扰[gan1 rao3], to interfere |
| 挠曲 | náo qū | to bend; flexing; deflection |
| 挠率 | náo lǜ | the torsion (of a space curve) |
| 抓耳挠腮 | zhuā ěr náo sāi | to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustr… |
| 挠败 | náo bài | defeated; routed; crushed |
| 挠裂 | náo liè | split due to repeated folding; flex crack |
| 挠钩 | náo gōu | iron hook at the end a long pole |
| 抓挠 | zhuā nao | to scratch; to mess about with; to quarrel; to scramble to do; sb or sth that one can rely… |
| 阻挠 | zǔ náo | to thwart; to obstruct (sth) |
| 屈挠 | qū náo | to surrender; to yield; to flex |
| 挠痒痒 | náo yǎng yang | to tickle |
| 痒痒挠 | yǎng yang náo | backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) |