熬 (āo, áo) — Chinese Character

熬

āo, áo

to boil; to simmer

Radical: 灬 HSK 7 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

熬 decomposes into the following components:

敖灬

Semantic component: 灬; phonetic component: 敖.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 熬.

煎熬

jiān áo

熬夜

áo yè

熬煎

áo jiān

熬稃

āo fū

熬膏

áo gāo

熬药

áo yào

苦熬

kǔ áo

难熬

nán áo

熬出头

áo chū tóu

熬头儿

áo tou r

熬更守夜

áo gēng shǒu yè

媳妇熬成婆

xí fù áo chéng pó

Characters that share the radical 灬.

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