骚(sāo)

HSK 7-912 strokesTrad. 騷
Readingssāosǎo

(bound form) to disturb

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Character information

Pinyin
sāo / sǎo
Meaning
(bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish; abbr. for 离骚; (literary) literary writings; poetry; foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]); (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
騷

Origin & structure

Where 骚 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰马蚤

A flea 蚤 biting a horse 马; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

马mǎ蚤zǎo

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 騷: A flea 蚤 biting a horse 馬; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation

How to write 骚 step by step

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Words with 骚

Common words using 骚 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

sāo骚luàn乱
HSK 7-9

disturbance; riot

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sāo骚rǎo扰
HSK 7-9

to disturb

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mēn闷sāo骚

(coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside

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ná拿sāo骚

Nassau, capital of The Bahamas

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liáo撩sāo骚

to flirt

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láo牢sāo骚

discontent

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lí离sāo骚

On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] in Songs of Chu 楚辞

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fēng风sāo骚

literary excellence

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From 骚’s common words

乱扰闷拿撩牢离风

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