绕 rào▶ รอบๆ

Stroke order

绕 is written in 9 strokes.

• 绕

Senses

1. to wind
2. to coil (thread)
3. to rotate around
4. to spiral
5. to move around
6. to go round (an obstacle)
7. to by-pass
8. to make a detour
9. to confuse
10. to perplex

Related words

• 围绕รอบๆ, ประมาณ
• 缠绕เชือก, ด้าย

绕 is pronounced rào and means “รอบๆ”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 绕 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.