倥こう偬そう

noun

hurrying; busy rushing about

Extremely rare literary word for being hurried or flustered. Not used in modern everyday Japanese; encountered only in classical Chinese-influenced texts.

• 古こ典てんでは「倥こう偬そう」と書かいて「こうそう」と読よみ、慌あわただしい様よう子すを表あらわす。

  In classical texts, 倥偬 is read こうそう and expresses a state of being hurried or flustered.