氉
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Meaning: restless, melancholy
💡 Imagine a rat nibbling your hair—makes you restless and melancholy.
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Character Story & Explanation
氉 (sào) is a rare character meaning 'restless, melancholy'. It combines 毛 (hair) as radical, suggesting irritation, and 鼠 (rat) as component, implying unease. Used in classical texts to describe agitation or depression, it's nearly absent in modern Chinese, surviving mostly in historical dictionaries.
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