Chinese

吵

chǎo
noisy; rowdy; boisterous; clamorous
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 4
  • radical 口
  • 7 strokes
  • 訬
  • 𰵏

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ): semantic 口 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • soundChinese少 “few; little in number; less; not many”

Words built on it: 吵架

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