喿

sào
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the chirping of many birds in a tree (archaic)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā měitiān zài gōngyuán zuò zǎocāo.
He does morning exercises in the park every day.

Tips

history
喿 ('a treeful of chirping birds') is archaic and not used independently in modern Chinese. It survives as the phonetic in 操 (to drill / handle), 澡 (to bathe), 燥 (dry), 噪 (noisy), and 躁 (restless).
memory
Three mouths 品 over a tree 木: a whole flock of birds twittering in one tree - that is 喿.

Components

radical
木 mù
tree
The 'tree' below is where the birds gather; it is the indexing radical for 喿.
semantic
品 pǐn
many mouths; chirping
Three 'mouth' squares stacked together stand for many birds calling at once, the core meaning of 喿.

Stroke Order

喿 sào