# 騷

| 騷 | U+9A37, &#39479; 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 7733$_6$, 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

Historical forms of the character 騷 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 (sao$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sao$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sou$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sŏ̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sau / so / so͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sao$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$sau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sao
*** Wade–Giles: sao$^1$
*** Yale: sāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sau
*** Palladius: сао (sao)
*** Sinological IPA : /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sao$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sao
*** Sinological IPA : /sau⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sou$^1$
*** Yale: sōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sou̯⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sŏ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* sau - vernacular;
* so/so͘ - literary.
* 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 | sou$^1$ |
* 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
* (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”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sad; grieved
    《離騷》／《离骚》 ― “Lísāo” ― Encountering Sorrow
* poetry
    騷人雅士／骚人雅士 ― sāorén yǎshì ― cultured and refined literati
* coquettish; flirty; provocative
       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 (“foul; stinky”)
* (Sichuanese) at random
       From: 現代漢語方言大詞典, page 6123
       na$^1$ tai$^4$ nar$^4$ sau$^1$ sai$^2$ [Sichuanese Pinyin]
       He's speaking at random.
* (Lanyin Mandarin) flippant
       From: 現代漢語方言大詞典, page 6123
       Wáwa men hǎohāor zuò zhe, zài biáo sāo le. [Pinyin]
       Children, sit tight, stop mucking around.
* (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): sou$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sou$^1$
*** Yale: sōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sou̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

騷 (Cantonese)
* show; performance
* 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

(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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