挠

náo · rào · xiāo

to scratch · to thwart

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 9

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

Stroke Order · 9 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

挠=扌+尧

Etymology

hand

Meanings

to scratch

to thwart

to yield

náo

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Words with 挠 106 total

variant of, to interfere干挠gān náo defeated · routed · crushed挠败náo bài

Idioms with 挠 15 total

to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) · to be undaunted by repeated setbacks · to be indomitable百折不挠bǎi zhé bù náo unyielding · indomitable不屈不挠bù qū bù náo