掻

See also: 搔

掻 U+63BB, 掻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63BB ← 掺 [U+63BA] CJK Unified Ideographs 掼 → [U+63BC]

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)

1. 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)

1. 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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