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嘈

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bustling; tumultuous; noisy

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
14
Radical
口 +11
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
嘈
Common rank
#4,473
Unicode
U+5608

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Formation & memory

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How 嘈 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 曹 sound ( cáo )

Components 口 曹

Words with 嘈

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
嘈杂声 cáo zá shēng noise; din
嘈杂 cáo zá noisy; clamorous
吐嘈 tù cáo variant of 吐槽[tu4 cao2]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 曹 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
曹 sound part cáo ministers, officials; a company; surname
槽 cáo trough, manger; vat, tank; distillery
糟 zāo sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil
遭 zāo to meet, to encounter, to come across
漕 cáo canal, watercourse; to transport by sea
蹧 zāo to spoil; to ruin
螬 cáo grubs found in fruit
艚 cáo ship, junk