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man

HSK 10
Human →Relations →Occupations
sǒu
ソウ、シュウ
おきな
수
Depicts a hand (又) holding a torch (火) in a dark room (宀) looking for something. Based on the original meaning "search for", now written as 搜. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
宀 roof+ 火 fire+ 又 again =
叟 man
宀 Iconic component
mián roof
火 Iconic component
huǒ fire
fire, flame
又 Iconic component
yòu again
and, also, again, in addition
Notes
Similar Characters
寝 get some shuteye (jp)寢 get some shuteye (trad)灾 disaster (simp)灰 ashes字 character宄 a traitor宅 residence宇 eaves完 finish宏 magnificent宓 silent宕 stone quarry宗 religion官 bureaucrat宙 universe定 settle on宛 winding实 real (simp)宠 concubine (simp)审 investigate (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
叟
Regular
Modern
Chinese
叟 [sǒu]
old gentleman; old man
Japanese
叟 そう 同音
noun archaic old man; venerable gentleman
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
乔叟 [Qiáo​sǒu] #35,322
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kǎn​tè​bó​léi​Gù​shì​Jí]
乔叟 [Qiáo​sǒu] #35,322
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kǎn​tè​bó​léi​Gù​shì​Jí]
童叟无欺 [tóng​sǒu​wú​qī] #48,730
cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously
童叟无欺 [tóng​sǒu​wú​qī] #48,730
cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously
杰弗里·乔叟 [Jié​fú​lǐ​· ​Qiáo​sǒu]
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kǎn​tè​bó​léi​Gù​shì​Jí]
北叟失马 [běi​sǒu​shī​mǎ]
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
北叟失马 [běi​sǒu​shī​mǎ]
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
杰弗里·乔叟 [Jié​fú​lǐ​· ​Qiáo​sǒu]
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kǎn​tè​bó​léi​Gù​shì​Jí]
老叟 [lǎo​sǒu]
old man
野叟曝言 [Yě​sǒu​Pù​yán]
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠[Xià​Jìng​qú]
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
ほくそ笑む [ほくそえむ] #13,342
to chuckle to oneself
迂叟 [うそう]
I