Mao Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Heart (xīn)
Character: 慅
Kangxi stroke count: 14
Page 397, Entry 21
Pronounced sao.
According to the Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced sao. According to the Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui) and Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced sao.
Explication of Writing (Shuowen): to move. Composed of the heart radical and the phonetic component zǎo. Another definition is to arise. Sometimes written in a variant form (cǎo).
Additionally, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced xiao.
Refining Approaches (Erya), Interpretation of Teachings (Shixun): sao sao means to labor.
Additionally, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced cǎo.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Airs of the States: Comforting sorrows received, the laboring heart is troubled (cǎo). Note: cǎo is the pronunciation. Received (shòu) is rhymed as if it were dào.
Additionally, according to the Collected Lexicon Supplement (Zihuibu), pronounced zǎo.
Xunzi, Rectification of Names (Zheng lun pian): Ink-tattooed and suffering (zǎo) in infancy. Note: Should be read as zǎo.
Additionally, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced zào. Sorrow.