(áo)

10 strokes

surname Ao

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
áo
Meaning
surname Ao
Strokes
10
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

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Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

áobāo

(loanword from Mongolian) road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or…

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áoguǎng广

Ao Guang, Dragon King of the East Sea, character in Journey to the West 西遊記…

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áohàn

Aohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia

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Odessa (city in Ukraine)

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