Medical term for the sensation of itching. Used in clinical contexts.
An antihistamine was prescribed to suppress the itching sensation.
This skin disease is accompanied by intense itching.
Common everyday word for itch; 掻痒 is a formal medical term.
Standard kanji form for the medical term 'itch'.
Rarely used kanji form.
Search-only kanji form; 搔 is a variant of 掻.
Common variant using そう for the first character.
Rarely used kanji form.
From Chinese 掻痒 (sāoyǎng), meaning 'to scratch an itch'. The Japanese reading そうよう is the on'yomi of the characters.