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噪

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(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
16
Radical
口 +13
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
噪
Common rank
#1,135
Unicode
U+566A

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Formation & memory

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How 噪 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

The sound 口 of birds chirping 喿; 喿 also provides the pronunciation

Components 口 喿

How to remember it

chirping · Heisig RSH #2331

口 mouth + wood pulp + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 噪

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WordPinyinMeaning
名噪一时 míng zào yī shí to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity
气动噪声 qì dòng zào shēng aerodynamic noise
声名大噪 shēng míng dà zào to rise to fame
红头噪鹛 hóng tóu zào méi (bird species of China) chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (Trochalopteron erythrocephalum)
白噪声 bái zào shēng white noise
白点噪鹛 bái diǎn zào méi (bird species of China) white-speckled laughingthrush (Ianthocincla bieti)
小黑领噪鹛 xiǎo hēi lǐng zào méi (bird species of China) lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger)
信噪比 xìn zào bǐ signal-to-noise ratio
玉山噪鹛 Yù Shān zào méi (bird species of China) white-whiskered laughingthrush (Trochalopteron morrisonianum)
黑额山噪鹛 hēi é shān zào méi (bird species of China) snowy-cheeked laughingthrush (Ianthocincla sukatschewi)
大噪鹛 dà zào méi (bird species of China) giant laughingthrush (Ianthocincla maxima)
山噪鹛 shān zào méi (bird species of China) plain laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi)
电磁噪声 diàn cí zào shēng electromagnetic noise
黑脸噪鹛 hēi liǎn zào méi (bird species of China) masked laughingthrush (Pterorhinus perspicillatus)
黑顶噪鹛 hēi dǐng zào méi (bird species of China) black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine)
黑领噪鹛 hēi lǐng zào méi (bird species of China) greater necklaced laughingthrush (Pterorhinus pectoralis)
风噪 fēng zào wind noise
台湾白喉噪鹛 Tái wān bái hóu zào méi (bird species of China) rufous-crowned laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficeps)
杂色噪鹛 zá sè zào méi (bird species of China) variegated laughingthrush (Trochalopteron variegatum)
噪点 zào diǎn image noise