Zi Collection, Page Position: Upper, Radical: Person (rén), Page 25, Entry 01 To be sorrowful, to be troubled. Pronounced sāo (first tone). This character is used in the "Jiyun" (集韵) with the phonetic components sū (苏) and zāo (遭) to indicate pronunciation similar to sāo (搔). The "Leipian" (类篇) explains it as meaning sorrowful or troubled. It is also commonly written as the character sāo (骚).