搔 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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sāo

to scratch

To scratch 扌 a flea bite 蚤; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

zǎo

flea

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sāo

to scratch; old variant of 騷|骚[sāo]

Most common words with 搔

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	搔	to scratch
	搔首弄姿	to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
	搔痒	to tickle
	隔靴搔痒	ineffectual

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*s-[ts]ˤu	saw	sāo	scratch (v.)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3454th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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