Chinese character 凹 meaning explanation pronunciation

Writing Sheet

Pinyin āo

Phonetic Notation ㄨㄚ

Strokes Count5

Radical凵

Strokes Count without Radical3

Five Stroke CodeMMGD|HNHG

Cangjie CodeSSU

Zheng CodeIYXA

Stroke Code25251

Four Corner Code77770

UNICODE51F9

Character FormSingle body

Englishconcave, hollow, depressed; a pass, valley

Frenchdépression,indentation,creux,concave

● 凹

āo ㄠˉ

● 凹

wā ㄨㄚˉ

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详细字义

◎ 凹 āo

〈形〉

(1) 周围高，中间低 [concave;hollow;sunken;dented]

其湖无凹凸，平湖无高下。——《神异经·北方荒经》

又如:凹岸;凹面;凹洼(凹陷);凹地;凹处

【唐韻】烏洽切【集韻】【韻會】乙洽切，𠀤音浥。低下也。【東方朔·神異經】大荒石湖，千里無凸凹，平滿無高下。【江淹·靑苔賦】悲凹險兮，惟流水而馳騖。【楊愼·丹鉛錄】土窪曰凹，土高曰凸。古象形字。

又【集韻】於交切，音㕭。窊也。