嗦

suō
#3,083 most
frequent character
to suck, used in 囉嗦|啰嗦[luo1suo5]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

嗦 has 口 (mouth, sound) as its meaning part and 索 suǒ as a sound part. It first meant 'to be wordy, long-winded.' That grew to 'to suck.' The meaning 'to tremble, shiver' was borrowed for its sound, not from the shape.

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Homophones

缩suō
to withdraw, to pull back

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