喧
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clamor; noise
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 口 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 喧
- Common rank
- #3,286
- Unicode
- U+55A7
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 喧
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喧宾夺主 | lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom); fig. a minor player upsta… | |
| 喧哗与骚动 | 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 | to shout loudly; to bawl; to vociferate; rumpus; uproar | |
| 喧闹 | to make a noise; noisy | |
| 喧腾 | to make a tumult; hubbub; uproar | |
| 喧扰 | to disturb by noise | |
| 喧哗 | hubbub; clamor; to make a racket | |
| 喧嚣 | to clamor; to make noise |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 宣 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宣 sound part | to proclaim, to declare, to announce; surname | |
| 萱 | day-lily, Hemerocallis fulva | |
| 楦 | shoe last; to stretch a shoe; to turn a lathe | |
| 暄 | warm, genial; comfortable | |
| 揎 | to pull up one's sleeves; to prepare to fight | |
| 渲 | to render; to exaggerate, to embellish, to add layers of color | |
| 煊 | warm | |
| 瑄 | ornamental jade |