Memory phrase for the character: 搔

搔

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Meaning

to scratch, to disturb

Pronunciation

sāo

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: 蚤 (fork 叉, insect 虫)

Mnemonic

The hand that pricks like a hand 又 with a fork 丶 or like an insect, causes: a scratch.

Radicals

扌	hand	Simplification of this hand 手
叉	fork	A hand 又 with a fork 丶
虫	insect	The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.

Vocabulary

隔靴搔痒	gé xuē sāo yǎng	to completely miss the main point of a topic or argument (idiom)
搔痒	sāo yǎng	to scratch (an itch); to tickle

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