撩骚
liáo​sāo

flirt

撩 liāo lift up

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 尞 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːw
reːwʔ
Unicodeleu
lěu

說文解字

理也。从手尞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

骚 sāo, sǎo, xiāo harass Simplified

A flea 蚤 biting a horse 马; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
蚤
蚤 SoundMeaning component
zǎo, zhǎo flea

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

騷 harass Traditional

A flea 蚤 biting a horse 馬; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
蚤
蚤 SoundMeaning component
zǎo, zhǎo flea

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsaw[s]ˤudisturb
Zhengzhangsuː
Unicodesɑu

說文解字

擾也。一曰摩馬。从馬蚤聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)