擞 (sòu): to poke and shake (a stove) to…

Meanings

1 to poke and shake (a stove) to make the ashes fall and revive the fire

Characters

擞

sòu

to poke and shake (a stove) to make the ashes fall and re…

Examples

用钎子擞一擞炉灰，火就旺了。

Yòng qiānzi sòu yí sòu lúhuī, huǒ jiù wàng le.

Poke the stove with a rod so the ash falls and the fire burns up again.

奶奶擞了擞炉灰，把火续上。

Nǎinai sòu le sòu lúhuī, bǎ huǒ xù shàng.

Grandma shook down the stove ashes to keep the fire going.

Tips

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The sòu reading is colloquial and dialectal, mostly northern, for shaking a coal stove to drop the ash and revive the flame. In Taiwan it is also pronounced sǒu.

Components

radical

扌 shǒu

hand radical

The side form of the hand radical 手. Both readings involve hand action: shaking or stirring, here pulling oneself together.

phonetic

数 shù

number; to count

Provides the sound, read 数 on its own and shifted to sǒu here. It serves only as the phonetic cue.

Stroke Order

擞 sòu

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