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搔

sāo

Character

What 搔 means

1. to scratch
2. old variant of {骚|sāo}

Example sentences

• 那男孩搔了搔耳朵。
  Nà nánhái sāo le sāo ěrduo.
  The boy scratched his ear.

Words starting with 搔

• 搔扰sāo rǎoto disturb; to harass
• 搔痒sāo yǎngto scratch (an itch); to tickle
• 搔首弄姿sāo shǒu nòng zī(idiom) to strike a coquettish pose
• 搔头弄姿sāo tóu nòng zīsee 搔首弄姿

Words containing 搔

• 抓搔zhuā sāoto scratch an itch
• 隔靴搔痒gé xuē sāo yǎnglit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom); fig. beside the point; ineffectual

Characters built on 蚤

These share the phonetic component 蚤 (zǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 骚sāo(bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish; abbr. for 离骚
• 瘙sàoitch; old term for scabies; Taiwan pr. sāo

Characters that look like 搔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 插chāto insert; stick in; pierce
• 骚sāo(bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish; abbr. for 离骚
• 塘tángdyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 掇duōto pick up; to collect; to gather up

Sounds the same

Read sāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 骚(bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish; abbr. for 离骚
• 臊to smell of urine (or sweat etc)
• 缫to reel silk from cocoons
• 慅agitated
• 𩙫blowing of the wind
• 缲to reel silk from cocoons