臊

sāo, sào
Rank #4389

Definitions

sāo to smell of urine (or sweat etc)
sào shame; bashfulness; to shame; to humiliate

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 喿 represents the sound.

Semantic: ⺼ Phonetic: 喿

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Related Characters

Component: 喿

操 躁 燥 澡 噪 譟 缲 趮 髞 懆 橾 氉 璪 繰

Component: 月

有 明 月 期 望 服 青 朝 育 脸 股 脑 胜 背

Components

喿 月

Example Words

害臊 臊子 臊眉耷眼