sōu
sound of wind
Phonosemantic compound. 風 represents the meaning and 叟 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 颼
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
chilled to the bone | ||
sound of the wind blowing or rain falling | ||
sough |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4266th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 18 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+98BC |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“，飂也。从風，叜聲。” |
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