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缫

sāo

Character Traditional 繅

What 缫 means

1. to reel silk from cocoons

Sounds the same

Read sāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

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

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