躁
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impatient; hot-tempered
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How 躁 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
足 (semantic, “foot”) + 喿 (phonetic, sào)
How to remember it
impetuous · Heisig RSH #2330
wooden leg + wood pulp
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 喿
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 喿 (sào) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喿 sound component | sào | the sound of birds chirping |
| 操 | cāo | to conduct, to manage, to run |
| 燥 | zào | arid, dry, parched; quick-tempered |
| 澡 | zǎo | to wash, to bathe |
| 臊 | sào | shy, bashful; rank, fetid; the smell of urine |
| 橾 | shū | the axle hole in the center of a wheel (archaic) |
| 缲 | qiāo | to spool, to reel |
Words containing 躁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少安无躁 | shǎo ān wú zào | variant of 少安毋躁[shao3 an1 wu2 zao4] |
| 大肠激躁症 | dà cháng jī zào zhèng | irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) |
| 心烦气躁 | xīn fán qì zào | agitated; annoyed (idiom) |
| 躁动 | zào dòng | to stir restlessly; to be agitated; commotion; agitation |
| 躁狂症 | zào kuáng zhèng | mania; manic episode |
| 躁热 | zào rè | uncomfortably hot; feverish and restless |
| 躁狂抑郁症 | zào kuáng yì yù zhèng | manic depression |
| 躁郁症 | zào yù zhèng | bipolar disorder |
| 急躁 | jí zào | irritable; irascible; impetuous |
| 暴躁 | bào zào | irascible; irritable |
| 少安毋躁 | shǎo ān wú zào | keep calm, don't get excited; don't be impatient |
| 浮躁 | fú zào | fickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained |
| 狂躁 | kuáng zào | rash; impetuous; irritable |
| 躁狂 | zào kuáng | manic |
| 稍安勿躁 | shāo ān wù zào | variant of 少安毋躁[shao3 an1 wu2 zao4] |
| 戒骄戒躁 | jiè jiāo jiè zào | to guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain modest and keep cool |
| 焦躁 | jiāo zào | fretful; impatient |
| 脏躁 | zàng zào | hysteria |
| 烦躁 | fán zào | jittery; twitchy; fidgety |
| 稍安毋躁 | shāo ān wú zào | variant of 少安毋躁[shao3 an1 wu2 zao4] |