Kanji of そそっかしい


I am wondering about the way to write そそっかしい in kanji, and if this is
possible.  
I've found that the な-adjective 粗忽｛そこつ｝, a word with very similar if not
identical meaning, can in less common cases be read 粗忽｛そそ｝ as well -- yet my
google searches do not seem to like 粗忽っかしい｛そそっかしい｝ at all!

Still, since the meanings of these words are so much alike, I can't help but
be suspicious. Of course, I'm aware that そそっかしい is normally written in
hiragana. But I am still curious about a connection with kanji, so if anyone
on here can enlighten me, I will be very happy.




[This
kotobank.jp](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%9D%E3%81%9D%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8B%E3%81%97%E3%81%84-314305)
link says that『日本国語大辞典』refers to a _kanji_ version of「そそっかしい」as「麁相かしい」, and
gives a quote from the novel (section) 式亭三馬『浮世風呂・２・下』:

> 私が一体麁相かしい性で

Here's a page from『浮世風呂』(taken from
[人文学オーペンデータ共同利用センター](http://codh.rois.ac.jp/iiif/iiif-curation-
viewer/index.html?pages=200015779&pos=141)) with that quote highlighted:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kxH03.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kxH03.png)

This is my transcription:

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pPn0h.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pPn0h.png)

If you believe that this _furigana_ says「[麁相]{そそっ}か」(refer to a [_hentaigana_
chart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentaigana)), and trust the authority
of『日本国語大辞典』, then「そそっかしい」can be written as「麁相かしい」.

> In the『日本国語大辞典』entry, the only quote including「そそっかしい」which has _kanji_
> is「麁相かしい」.
>
> Additionally, according to this dictionary,「そそっかしい」is actually just a
> variant and is derived from「そそかしい」with the addition of the
> [_sokuon_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokuon)「っ」. Under「そそかしい」, more
> _kanji_ variants have been recorded, including
>
>   * 『和英語林集成』(1867年初版): 「[粗粗]{そそ}かしい」
>   * 夏目漱石『明暗』: 「...彼を[忽卒]{そそか}しく」
>

>
> _Thanks to @By137 for providing this info_

* * *

尾崎紅葉『金色夜叉』is another novel which possibly uses that reading:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XTTxX.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XTTxX.png)

My transcription:

> # [不相變麁相]{あひかはらずそ〻ツ}かしいね

* * *

In both cases, it looks like「ツ」(or its very close _hentaigana_ equivalent「」,
[U+1B06A](http://unicode.org/cldr/utility/character.jsp?a=1B06A)) is used for
what is now「っ」, which may have been common orthographic practice at that time
(these two were written around 1800-1900).

Of course, there might be other _kanji_ representations of「そそっかしい」used around
this era; many of these texts are not digitised (or properly checked after
digitisation) so they remain unsearchable on the web.




[This
kotobank.jp](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%9D%E3%81%9D%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8B%E3%81%97%E3%81%84-314305)
link says that『日本国語大辞典』refers to a _kanji_ version of「そそっかしい」as「麁相かしい」, and
gives a quote from the novel (section) 式亭三馬『浮世風呂・２・下』:

> 私が一体麁相かしい性で

Here's a page from『浮世風呂』(taken from
[人文学オーペンデータ共同利用センター](http://codh.rois.ac.jp/iiif/iiif-curation-
viewer/index.html?pages=200015779&pos=141)) with that quote highlighted:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kxH03.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kxH03.png)

This is my transcription:

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pPn0h.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pPn0h.png)

If you believe that this _furigana_ says「[麁相]{そそっ}か」(refer to a [_hentaigana_
chart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentaigana)), and trust the authority
of『日本国語大辞典』, then「そそっかしい」can be written as「麁相かしい」.

> In the『日本国語大辞典』entry, the only quote including「そそっかしい」which has _kanji_
> is「麁相かしい」.
>
> Additionally, according to this dictionary,「そそっかしい」is actually just a
> variant and is derived from「そそかしい」with the addition of the
> [_sokuon_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokuon)「っ」. Under「そそかしい」, more
> _kanji_ variants have been recorded, including
>
>   * 『和英語林集成』(1867年初版): 「[粗粗]{そそ}かしい」
>   * 夏目漱石『明暗』: 「...彼を[忽卒]{そそか}しく」
>

>
> _Thanks to @By137 for providing this info_

* * *

尾崎紅葉『金色夜叉』is another novel which possibly uses that reading:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XTTxX.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XTTxX.png)

My transcription:

> # [不相變麁相]{あひかはらずそ〻ツ}かしいね

* * *

In both cases, it looks like「ツ」(or its very close _hentaigana_ equivalent「」,
[U+1B06A](http://unicode.org/cldr/utility/character.jsp?a=1B06A)) is used for
what is now「っ」, which may have been common orthographic practice at that time
(these two were written around 1800-1900).

Of course, there might be other _kanji_ representations of「そそっかしい」used around
this era; many of these texts are not digitised (or properly checked after
digitisation) so they remain unsearchable on the web.

