Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Horse (mǎ) Entry: 騷 Kangxi Strokes: 20 Page 1443, Entry 01 Pronounced sāo. Yu Pian: To move. Shuowen Jiezi: To disturb. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes: The Xu state is restless. Note: Sao means to disturb or agitate. Also, Shuowen Jiezi: Another meaning is to rub a horse. Yang Xiong, Dialects (Fangyan): Sao means to limp. In the regions of Wu and Chu, walking with a limp is called sao. Note: Jian means to walk with a limp. Also, Yu Pian: To be sorrowful. Zhengzitong: Qu Yuan wrote the Li Sao, meaning he encountered sorrow. Nowadays, poets are referred to as men of sao. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: In funeral affairs, although one may be in a hurry, one must not violate the proper order; to be overly hurried and disorderly is uncouth. Note: Sao sao describes a hurried and rapid appearance. Also, sao sha describes the appearance of something fluttering and hanging down. Zhang Heng, Eastern Capital Rhapsody (Dongjing Fu): Fastened to the support of the carriage with streamers, the floating tassels flutter and hang down. Note: The liusu are decorations made of mixed multicolored fur; anything that hangs down is called a su. Also, sao xie describes a chilly and desolate atmosphere. Xie Lingyun poem: The chilly wind blows out from the cave. Du Fu poem: Ordinary people are truly unsettled. Wang Anshi poem: My returning dream finds it desolate. Ouyang Xiu poem: Do not let the bronze mirror reflect your graying temples; Junmo now has white hair that is disheveled. Also, Pusao, a place name. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), 11th Year of Duke Huan: Defeated the Yun army at Pusao. Note: It is the Yangtai and Wushan area, located in present-day Xiachuan. Pronounced xiāo. Meaning is the same. Pronounced sào. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Li Si: Clearing the kitchen stove. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Qing Bu: Your Majesty should mobilize the troops of Huainan. Note: This means to raise them all, as if sweeping the ground. It is interchangeable with the character for sweep. Pronounced zào. Meaning is the same. Also historically rhymes with the you rhyme. Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on Thinking (Si Fu): Walking across the white expanse of ice, clear springs freeze and do not flow. The cold wind arrives forever, brushing against the cloud-covered mountain peaks with a rustling sound. Wen Xuan Commentary: Pronounced xiū. Sao sao describes the appearance of wind in motion.