Kao

Kao may refer to:

• Kao (crater), a crater on the Moon.
• Kao (island) an island from an extinct volcano in Tonga
• Kaō (花押), a stylized signature or a mark used in place of a signature in China and Japan
• Kao the Kangaroo, videogame character
• Kao Corporation, Japanese chemical and cosmetics company
• A knee strike used in muay thai
• Kao (film), a film by Michiyo Okusu

Kao is also the name of the following individuals:

• Kao (painter), 15th Century Japanese painter.
• Nicholas Kao Se Tseien (1897-2007), Catholic priest, supercentenarian
• Ping-Tse Kao (1888-1970), Taiwanese astronomer, after whom the crater is named
• R. N. Kao (1918-2002), Founder Director of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)

KAO may be an abbreviation for:

• Kuiper Airborne Observatory
• Keith-Albee-Orpheum, abbreviated KAO or K-A-O, owners of a chain of vaudeville and motion picture theatres
• Kuusamo Airport, Finland (IATA airport code)
• Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute