騷

See also: 骚

騷 U+9A37, 騷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A37 ← 騶 [U+9A36] CJK Unified Ideographs 騸 → [U+9A38]

Translingual

Traditional	騷
Shinjitai	騒
Simplified	骚

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

trad.		騷
simp.		骚
alternative forms		騒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 騷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (蚤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蚤	*ʔsuːʔ
慅	*sʰuːʔ, *suː
騷	*suː
搔	*suː
鰠	*suː
溞	*suː
颾	*suː
瘙	*suːs
瑵	*ʔsruːʔ
糔	*suʔ
鼜	*sʰɯːwɢ

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 [script needed] (sook, “sorrow, affliction, grief, to be sad, to grieve”), p. 451. The loss of OC coda is attributed to the long vowel.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sāo (sao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sao¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): sŏ̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sau / so / so͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sao¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sao
    • Wade–Giles: sao¹
    • Yale: sāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sau
    • Palladius: сао (sao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: sao¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sŏ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /so⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau
    • Tâi-lô: sau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so
    • Tâi-lô: so
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /so⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
    • Tâi-lô: soo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³/

Note:

• sau - vernacular;
• so/so͘ - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sau
    • MiniDict: sau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: saw

Rime
Character	騷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇遭切
Baxter	saw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/saw/
Li Rong	/sɑu/
Wang Li	/sɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*suː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	騷
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sāo
Middle Chinese	‹ saw ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˁu/
English	disturb
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	騷
Reading #	1/1
No.	16554
Phonetic component	蚤
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	騷
Old Chinese	/*suː/

Definitions

騷

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to harass; to bother; to annoy; to disturb; to agitate

   騷擾／骚扰 (sāorǎo, “to harass; to annoy”)

   騷亂／骚乱 (sāoluàn, “to riot; to be in turmoil”)

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sad; grieved

   《離騷》／《离骚》  ―  “Lísāo”  ―  Encountering Sorrow

3. poetry

   騷人雅士／骚人雅士  ―  sāorén yǎshì  ―  cultured and refined literati

4. coquettish; flirty; provocative
   • 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN

     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.]

     That woman seems quite flirtatious, don't approach her.

5. alternative form of 臊 (“foul; stinky”)
6. (Sichuanese) at random
   • 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN

     他在那兒騷説。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     他在那儿骚说。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     na¹ tai⁴ nar⁴ sau¹ sai² [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     He's speaking at random.

7. (Lanyin Mandarin) flippant
   • 2002, 李榮 (Li Rong), chief editor, 《現代漢語方言大詞典》 [Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects], Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, →ISBN

     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.]

     Wáwa men hǎohāor zuò zhe, zài biáo sāo le. [Pinyin]

     Children, sit tight, stop mucking around.

8. (Xinjiang Mandarin) awesome

   Synonym: 牛屄 (niúbī) (non-dialectal)

Compounds

• 刁騷 / 刁骚
• 加力騷 / 加力骚
• 嗷騷 / 嗷骚
• 大發牢騷 / 大发牢骚
• 彫騷 / 雕骚
• 性騷擾 / 性骚扰 (xìngsāorǎo)
• 挪騷窩兒 / 挪骚窝儿
• 撒騷放屁 / 撒骚放屁
• 滿肚牢騷 / 满肚牢骚
• 滿腹牢騷 / 满腹牢骚
• 灶上騷除 / 灶上骚除
• 牢騷 / 牢骚 (láosāo)
• 牢騷滿腹 / 牢骚满腹
• 狐騷 / 狐骚
• 狐騷臭 / 狐骚臭
• 獨領風騷 / 独领风骚 (dúlǐngfēngsāo)
• 發牢騷 / 发牢骚 (fā láosāo)
• 發騷 / 发骚 (fāsāo)
• 皮風騷癢 / 皮风骚痒
• 莊騷 / 庄骚
• 遷客騷人 / 迁客骚人 (qiānkèsāorén)
• 離騷 / 离骚
• 風騷 / 风骚 (fēngsāo)
• 騷亂 / 骚乱 (sāoluàn)
• 騷亂者 / 骚乱者
• 騷人 / 骚人 (sāorén)
• 騷人墨客 / 骚人墨客 (sāorénmòkè)
• 騷動 / 骚动 (sāodòng)
• 騷包 / 骚包 (sāobāo)
• 騷味 / 骚味
• 騷國 / 骚国
• 騷女 / 骚女
• 騷客 / 骚客 (sāokè)
• 騷屑 / 骚屑
• 騷情 / 骚情
• 騷擾 / 骚扰 (sāorǎo)
• 騷攪 / 骚搅
• 騷然 / 骚然
• 騷經 / 骚经
• 騷話 / 骚话
• 騷貨 / 骚货 (sāohuò)
• 騷騷 / 骚骚
• 騷驢 / 骚驴
• 騷體 / 骚体
• 騷鬧 / 骚闹

Etymology 2

From English show. Doublet of 秀 (xiù).

Alternative forms

• (Hong Kong Cantonese) show, so

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

騷 (Cantonese)

1. show; performance
2. to show; to display

Compounds

• 個人騷 / 个人骚
• 做騷 / 做骚
• 政治騷 / 政治骚
• 脫口騷 / 脱口骚
• 舞臺騷 / 舞台骚
• 騷quali / 骚quali

Japanese

Shinjitai	騒
Kyūjitai	騷

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 騷

騷

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 騒)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō)
• Kun: さわぐ (sawagu, 騷ぐ)

Korean

Hanja

騷 (eum 소 (so))

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Vietnamese

Han character

騷: Hán Nôm readings: tao

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