搔

sa̅o = s + ao1

to scratch / old variant of 騷|骚[sao1]

搔 character breakdown

搔
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 蚤
  - 丶
  - 叉
    - 丶
    - 又
      - ㇏
      - ㇇
  - 虫
    - 中
      - 丨
      - 口
    - 厶

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

蚤

zǎo = z + ao3

flea

蚤 = 叉 + 丶 + 虫 : Zorro (z) is eating a bowl of petal leaves (丶) in the aorta (ao3) when he discovers that there are a lot of fleas (叉) and mosquitoes (虫) in his dish. Even as he lifts his fork (叉) to inspect a petal leaf he finds the fleas dancing on the fork's cusps.