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熬

āo

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6

āo · ngou4 (Jyutping)

  1. to simmer; to boil slowly

áo · ngou4 (Jyutping)

  1. to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct
  2. to endure

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Character breakdown

熬

Meaning
cook down, to boil; endure
Radical
灬
Strokes
14
Components
⿱敖灬
Cangjie
GKF
Four-corner
5833.4

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.

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