喧
clamor; noise
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,286 U+55A7
How 喧 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 宣 (phonetic, xuān)
How to remember it
boisterous · Heisig RSH #1560
口 mouth + 宣 proclaim
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 宣
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 宣 (xuān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宣 sound component | xuān | to proclaim, to declare, to announce; surname |
| 萱 | xuān | day-lily, Hemerocallis fulva |
| 楦 | xuàn | shoe last; to stretch a shoe; to turn a lathe |
| 暄 | xuān | warm, genial; comfortable |
| 揎 | xuān | to pull up one's sleeves; to prepare to fight |
| 渲 | xuàn | to render; to exaggerate, to embellish, to add layers of color |
| 煊 | xuān | warm |
| 瑄 | xuān | ornamental jade |
Words containing 喧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喧宾夺主 | xuān bīn duó zhǔ | lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom); fig. a minor player upsta… |
| 喧哗与骚动 | Xuān huá yǔ Sāo dòng | The Sound and the Fury (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[Wei1 lian2 · Fu2 ke4 na4]) |
| 喧呼 | xuān hū | to shout loudly; to bawl; to vociferate; rumpus; uproar |
| 喧闹 | xuān nào | to make a noise; noisy |
| 喧腾 | xuān téng | to make a tumult; hubbub; uproar |
| 喧扰 | xuān rǎo | to disturb by noise |
| 喧哗 | xuān huá | hubbub; clamor; to make a racket |
| 喧嚣 | xuān xiāo | to clamor; to make noise |