吵
2 readings · tap one to hear it
noisy; loud; to quarrel; to argue
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 口 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 吵
- Common rank
- #2,888
- Unicode
- U+5435
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 吵
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大吵大闹 | to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss; to make a scene | |
| 吵闹声 | noise | |
| 吵嘴 | to quarrel | |
| 争吵 | to quarrel; dispute | |
| 吵杂 | noisy | |
| 吵架 | to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; CL:頓|顿[dun4] | |
| 吵闹 | noisy; raucous; to shout and scream | |
| 又吵又闹 | to make a lot of noise; to be disorderly | |
| 吵醒 | to wake sb up with a noise | |
| 吵吵 | to make a racket; to quarrel | |
| 吵嚷 | to make a racket; clamour; uproar | |
| 吵吵嚷嚷 | to make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 少 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少 sound part | few, little; less; inadequate | |
| 沙 | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated | |
| 省 | province; frugal; to save, to leave out | |
| 妙 | mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful | |
| 炒 | to boil, to fry, to roast, to sauté; to trade stock | |
| 抄 | copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize | |
| 纱 | gauze, muslin, yarn | |
| 秒 | a second; a corn kernel; measure word for time | |
| 钞 | bank note, paper money; to counterfeit | |
| 耖 | harrow-like implement for pulverizing clods of soil; to level ground with such an implemen… |