Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 16 Radical: 虫 Structure: 上下结构
Pinyin: áo Zhuyin: ㄠˊ Yueping: ngou4 Guangdong: ngou4
Minnan: gô、ngô· Chaozhou: Tang:
Stroke order:
Words:毕卓持螯蛑螯螯肢动物霜螯
Idioms:右手持酒杯,左手持蟹螯把酒持螯持螯把酒
Xiehouyu:
English meaning: nippers
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: áo
Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
(形声。从虫,敖声。本义:节肢动物的螯夹)
节足动物的第一对脚。足端两歧,开合如钳,可取食并作防卫之用 蟹六跪而二螯。——《荀子·劝学》
又如:螯胶(百足蟹所煮成的胶)
蟹,螃蟹 。如:螯蟹(螃蟹)