嗦 (suo): (bound) tremble / long-winded —…

Meanings

他冷得直打哆嗦。

Tā lěng de zhí dǎ duōsuo.

He was so cold he was shivering all over.

别那么啰嗦，说重点。

Bié nàme luōsuo, shuō zhòngdiǎn.

Stop being so long-winded, just get to the point.

usage

嗦 is a bound, toneless syllable. It only lives inside 哆嗦 (to shiver) and 啰嗦 (long-winded, fussy); it has no standalone meaning.

radical

口 kǒu

mouth

The mouth radical 口 on the left is typical of sound-effect and chattering syllables, fitting its use in "long-winded" and trembling-teeth words.

phonetic

索 suǒ

rope; to search

On the right 索 supplies the sound, here reduced to a toneless suo. It functions purely as the phonetic.

嗦 suo