掻

See also: 搔

掻	U+63BB, 掻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63BB

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CJK Unified Ideographs

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Translingual

Japanese	掻
Simplified	搔
Traditional	搔

Han character

掻 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手水中戈 (QELI), composition ⿰扌𧈡)

scratch lightly

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 440, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1909, character 6
Unihan data for U+63BB

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 掻 – see 搔 (“to scratch”). (This character is a variant form of 搔).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	掻
Kyūjitai	搔

Glyph origin

Japanese Simplified from 搔 (蚤 → 𧈡).

Kanji

掻

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 搔)

Extended shinjitai form of 搔: to scratch; to make noise

Readings

Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kun: かい (kai, 掻い)、かき (kaki, 掻き)、かく (kaku, 掻く)、さわぐ (sawagu, 掻ぐ)

Usage notes

This is one of the 22 widely used extended shinjitai (簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai)).

Compounds

掻(そう)器(き)／搔(そう)器(き) (sōki)
掻(そう)首(しゅ)／搔(そう)首(しゅ) (sōshu)
掻(そう)擾(じょう)／搔(そう)擾(じょう) (sōjō) (騒(そう)擾(じょう))
掻(そう)頭(とう)／搔(そう)頭(とう) (sōtō)
掻(そう)爬(は)／搔(そう)爬(は) (sōha)
掻(そう)痒(よう)／搔(そう)痒(よう) (sōyō)
掻(そう)癢(よう)／搔(そう)癢(よう) (sōyō)
掻(そう)乱(らん)／搔(そう)乱(らん) (sōran)

Derived terms

掻(か)く (kaku)
引(ひ)っ掻(か)く (hikkaku)

Korean

Hanja

掻 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)

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