Ao (pronounced áo), a Chinese character; originally means a bird circling and flying in the air. One theory refers to the way a bird spreads its wings and flaps up and down to fly high. Source: "Zhuangzi·Xiaoyaoyou": "Soaring among the basils, this is also the way to fly."
Character shape
Phonetic characters, feathers represent meanings, and the shape of the seal script is like a bird's feathers , indicating that it is related to wings; Gao (?gao) expresses a sound, and Gao refers to the high ground by the water. Birds need to flap their wings to fly to the high ground. The original meaning is that a bird flaps its wings and flies. When a bird flies, it flaps its wings to soar, and when it does not flap its wings, it soars. There is no difference when using both of them. Spread your wings and fly: ~Xiang | Luan ~ Feng Xi. When used as a name, it can mean: it means flying with wings vibrating up and down, describing ambition or talent; when used as a name, it means a roc spreading its wings, ambition and talent.
Same as the original meaning?
Ao, soar. ——"Shuowen"
Thoughts soar in the auspicious wind. ——"Book of Han·Biography of Wang Bao"
Soaring beyond the four seas. ——"Huainanzi·Lanming". Note: "When the wings are up and down, it is called Ao."
When a bird flies high, it is called Ao when its wings are up and down, and when it stabs straight and does not move, it is called Xiang. ——Notes from "Huainanzi Chuzhen"
Qi Zi soars. ――"Poetry·Qi Feng·Zai Drive"
Lao Qiu soars. ——"Poetry·Hinoki Wind·Laoqiu"
Yi He follows in the footsteps, Ao Zhu takes the lead. ——Bao Zhao's "Ode to Dancing Crane"
The sky will soar. ――"Poetry·Zheng Feng·Nv Yue Cock Crow"
Different dialects
The number of strokes in the name of Ao: 18
What does Ao's five elements belong to: Jin
The mathematical auspiciousness of the name Ao is: Ji
Whether Ao is a surname: No