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飕

sōu

Character Traditional 颼

What 飕 means

1. to blow (as of wind)
2. sound of wind
3. sough

Words starting with 飕

• 飕飕sōu sōusound of the wind blowing or rain falling

Words containing 飕

• 冷飕飕lěng sōu sōuchilling; chilly

Characters built on 叟

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

• 搜sōuto search; variant of 搜
• 艘sōuclassifier for ships; Taiwan pr. sāo
• 瘦shòuthin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight
• 馊sōurancid; soured (as food)
• 嗖sōu(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts
• 锼sōuto engrave (metal of wood)
• 螋sōuused in 蠼螋
• 溲sōuto urinate

Characters that look like 飕

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

• 超chāoto exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 湖húlake
• 腿tuǐleg
• 飓jùused in 飓风
• 碌lùused in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 尴gānused in 尴尬

Sounds the same

Read sōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 搜to search; variant of 搜
• 艘classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. sāo
• 嗖(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts
• 馊rancid; soured (as food)
• 蒐(literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia); (literary) to hunt during spring
• 獀dog (dial.); to hunt
• 锼to engrave (metal of wood)
• 螋used in 蠼螋
• 溲to urinate
• 廋to search; be concealed
• 鄋see 鄋瞒
• 廀old variant of 廋