Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "坳", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "坳", and master the standard way of writing the character "坳".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 坳
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "坳" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
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Definitions:
1. 山间的平地。
([En.] A flatland in a mountain range; col)
Example: 山坳 (mountain flatland)
2. 低洼的地方。
([En.] A hollow place)
Example: 坳中初盖底,垤处遂成堆 (In the hollow, a layer of snow is formed, and in the low place, it becomes a pile.)
3. 同本义。
([En.] Same as the original meaning; hollow)
Example: 杜甫《茅屋为秋风所破歌》:下者飘转沉塘坳 (In the poem by Du Fu, "The Cottage Broken by Autumn Wind," it describes the lower parts swirling into the pond hollow.)
4. 山间的平地。
([En.] A flatland in a mountain range; col)
Example: 下至山坳,瞑色已合 (In Xu Xiake’s travel accounts, it describes reaching the mountain hollow as the dusk was settling.)
**Etymology:**
- 【本义】: 低凹的地方 (Original meaning: A low-lying place)
- 【造字法】: 形声。从土,幼声 (Character formation: Phonetic-compound, combining "earth" with a soft sound).