繞
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rào · to entwine, to wind around

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Shape and proportion

18Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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糹Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 繞

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Example sentences

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Tā rào guò le nà xiē wèn tí.他繞過了那些問題。

He avoided the problems.

Source: Tatoeba #10518675 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hǎi wáng xīng rào xíng tài yáng yì zhōu yào huā yì bǎi liù shí wǔ nián.海王星繞行太陽一周要花一百六十五年。

It takes 165 years for Neptune to orbit around the sun.

Source: Tatoeba #4272234 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Guāng yì miǎo zhōng néng gòu huán rào dì qiú qī quān bàn.光一秒鐘能夠環繞地球七圈半。

Light travels around the earth seven and a half times a second.

Source: Tatoeba #617686 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bèi gè guó yǔ yán jí wén zì de ài hǎo zhě suǒ wéi rào.我被各國語言及文字的愛好者所圍繞。

I'm surrounded by linguaphiles!

Source: Tatoeba #816820 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè zuò chéng shì bèi qún shān huán rào.這座城市被群山環繞。

The mountains were all around the city.

Source: Tatoeba #686609 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dì qiú měi èr shí sì xiǎo shí jiù huì rào zhóu zì zhuǎn yì zhōu.地球每二十四小時就會繞軸自轉一周。

The earth revolves on its axis once every 24 hours.

Source: Tatoeba #689822 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 繞 in context

  1. Say rào, then recall the core meaning: to entwine, to wind around.
  2. Write all 18 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 繞 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.