Chinese Character 搔 Meanings and components.

Form

搔

Meaning

搔 meaning[3] in English

To Scratch.

Old Variant Of 騷|骚[Sao1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 搔 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and flea (蚤)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QEII

How to write 搔

To write搔sao1to scratch you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 蚤zao3flea arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 蚤 = 搔

搔 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 搔 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 搔, looks as follow:

搔
Pinyin:sao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Scratch . Old Variant Of 騷|骚[Sao1]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
蚤
Pinyin:zao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Flea
叉
Pinyin:cha1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fork . Pitchfork . Prong . Pick . Cross . Intersect . 'X'
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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