挠

Traditional (Taiwan): 撓

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

náo ㄋㄠˊ

    • to scratch
    • to thwart
    • to yield

Classifiers (measure words)

Other words read náo

In the same tone

  • 桡 náo disturb
  • 呶 náo clamor
  • 猱 náo kind of gibbon
  • 铙 náo big cymbals
  • 蛲 náo parasitic worm

All 9 words read náo

nao with other tones

  • 闹 nào noisy
  • 脑 nǎo brain
  • 恼 nǎo get angry
  • 淖 nào slush
  • 孬 nāo contracted form of 不好 bùhǎo

All 18 words read nao in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 挠

    部首 radical
    扌 a form of 手
    笔画 strokes
    9, with 6 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    扌尧
    形旁 meaning
    扌
    声旁 sound
    尧
    Practise writing 挠

    Trace 挠, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Writing drills that include 挠: HSK 7-9 vocabulary, part 39: writing drill 2 of 5, The body: HSK 7-9: writing drill 10 of 10.

    Words with 挠

    Starting with 挠

    All 7 words starting with 挠

    Ending with 挠

    All 6 words ending with 挠

    Containing 挠

    • 抓耳挠腮 zhuāěrnáosāi tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc)

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