吵
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noisy; loud; to quarrel; to argue
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,888 U+5435
How 吵 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 少 (phonetic, shǎo)
How to remember it
noisy · Heisig RSH #111
少 few + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 少
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 少 (shǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少 sound component | shǎo | few, little; less; inadequate |
| 沙 | shā | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated |
| 省 | shěng | province; frugal; to save, to leave out |
| 妙 | miào | mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful |
| 炒 | chǎo | to boil, to fry, to roast, to sauté; to trade stock |
| 抄 | chāo | copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize |
| 纱 | shā | gauze, muslin, yarn |
| 秒 | miǎo | a second; a corn kernel; measure word for time |
| 钞 | chāo | bank note, paper money; to counterfeit |
| 耖 | chào | harrow-like implement for pulverizing clods of soil; to level ground with such an implemen… |
Words containing 吵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大吵大闹 | dà chǎo dà nào | to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss; to make a scene |
| 吵闹声 | chǎo nào shēng | noise |
| 吵嘴 | chǎo zuǐ | to quarrel |
| 争吵 | zhēng chǎo | to quarrel; dispute |
| 吵杂 | chǎo zá | noisy |
| 吵架 | chǎo jià | to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; CL:頓|顿[dun4] |
| 吵闹 | chǎo nào | noisy; raucous; to shout and scream |
| 又吵又闹 | yòu chǎo yòu nào | to make a lot of noise; to be disorderly |
| 吵醒 | chǎo xǐng | to wake sb up with a noise |
| 吵吵 | chāo chao | to make a racket; to quarrel |
| 吵嚷 | chǎo rǎng | to make a racket; clamour; uproar |
| 吵吵嚷嚷 | chǎo chǎo rǎng rǎng | to make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom) |