Memory phrase for the character: 搔
搔
Meaning
to scratch, to disturb Pronunciation sāo Explanation Left: hand 扌, right: 蚤 (fork 叉, insect 虫)
Mnemonic
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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.
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Vocabulary
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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
搔痒 sāo yǎng
