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Translingual
Han character
騷 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+10, 20 strokes, cangjie input 尸火水戈戈 (SFEII), four-corner 77336, composition ⿰馬蚤)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1443, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44935
- Dae Jaweon: page 1967, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4567, character 10
- Unihan data for U+9A37
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 蚤
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*ʔsuːʔ
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| 慅
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*sʰuːʔ, *suː
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| 騷
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*suː
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| 搔
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*suː
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| 鰠
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*suː
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| 溞
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*suː
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| 颾
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*suː
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| 瘙
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*suːs
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| 瑵
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*ʔsruːʔ
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| 糔
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*suʔ
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| 鼜
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*sʰɯːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *suː) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 蚤 (OC *ʔsuːʔ). Sense “grieved, sad” is a phonetic loan.
Etymology 1
- to harass, to bother
- Schuessler, 2007 suggests it is a voiced variant of 搜 (sōu, “move”), p. 450.
- grieved, sad
- Of Austroasiatic origin. Schuessler, 2007 makes a connection to Old Khmer (sook, “sorrow, affliction, grief, to be sad, to grieve”), p. 451. The loss of OC coda is attributed to the long vowel.
Pronunciation
Note:
- sau - vernacular;
- so/so͘ - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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騷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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sāo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ saw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁu/
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| English
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disturb
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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騷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16554
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Phonetic
component
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蚤
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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騷
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Old
Chinese
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/*suː/
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Definitions
騷
- to harass; to bother; to annoy; to disturb; to agitate
- sad; grieved
- coquettish; flirty; provocative
該個女個騷顯個，儂覅伉渠嬉。 [Wenzhounese, trad.]
该个女个骚显个，侬覅伉渠嬉。 [Wenzhounese, simp.]- From: 現代漢語方言大詞典, page 6123
- That woman seems quite flirtatious, don't approach her.
- Alternative form of 臊 (“having the smell like one of urine”)
- (Sichuanese) at random
他在那兒騷説。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
他在那儿骚说。 [Sichuanese, simp.]- From: 現代漢語方言大詞典, page 6123
- na1 tai4 nar4 sau1 sai2 [Sichuanese Pinyin]
- He's speaking at random.
- (Lanyin Mandarin) flippant
娃娃們好好坐者，再嫑騷了。 [Lanyin Mandarin, trad.]
娃娃们好好坐者，再嫑骚了。 [Lanyin Mandarin, simp.]- From: 現代漢語方言大詞典, page 6123
- Wáwá men hǎohǎo zuò zhě, zài 嫑 sāo le.
- Children, sit tight, stop mucking around.
- (Xinjiang Mandarin) awesome
- Synonym: 牛屄 (niúbī) (Standard)
Compounds
Etymology 2
From English show. Doublet of 秀 (xiù).
Alternative forms
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) show, so
Pronunciation
Definitions
騷 (Cantonese)
- show; performance
- to show; to display
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
騷
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 騒)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
騷 (eum 소 (so))
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Vietnamese
Han character
騷: Hán Nôm readings: tao
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