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rǎo

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rǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rǎo | rao3
English translation
to poke, to disturb, to annoy, to agitate

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About rǎo

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

rǎo

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

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Etymology of rǎo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌憂

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

yōu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and Yóu represents the sound. Simplified form of rǎo .

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Words with rǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
打扰 dǎrǎo to disturb打擾
干扰 gānrǎo to disturb干擾
困扰 kùn rǎo to perplex困擾
骚扰 sāorǎo to disturb騷擾
rǎo to disturb rǎo
扰乱 rǎoluàn to disturb擾亂
性骚扰 xìng sāo rǎo sexual harassment性騷擾
干扰素 gān rǎo sù interferon干擾素
扰动 rǎo dòng to disturb擾動
侵扰 qīn rǎo to invade and harass侵擾
庸人自扰 yōng rén zì rǎo fig. to get upset over nothing庸人自擾
烦扰 fán rǎo to bother煩擾
惊扰 jīng rǎo to alarm驚擾
纷扰 fēn rǎo turmoil紛擾
滋扰 zī rǎo to cause trouble滋擾
搅扰 jiǎo rǎo to disturb攪擾
窜扰 cuàn rǎo to invade and harass竄擾
微扰 wēi rǎo infinitesimal disturbance微擾
喧扰 xuān rǎo to disturb by noise喧擾
缠扰 chán rǎo to harass纏擾
讨扰 tǎo rǎo I beg to disturb you討擾
自相惊扰 zì xiāng jīng rǎo to frighten one another自相驚擾
微扰论 wēi rǎo lùn perturbation theory微擾論

rǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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