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嘈

cáo
adjective #43,547

Meanings

  1. 1 noisy
  2. 2 (of sound) confused and clamorous

Characters

嘈
cáo
noisy

Examples

HSK 6
市场里太嘈杂，听不清对方说什么。
Shìchǎng li tài cáozá, tīng bùqīng duìfāng shuō shénme.
The market was so noisy you couldn't hear what the other person was saying.
HSK 6
窗外传来一片嘈杂的人声。
Chuāngwài chuánlái yí piàn cáozá de rénshēng.
A clamor of voices came from outside the window.

Tips

usage
嘈 is bound, used mainly in 嘈杂 ('noisy, clamorous'), describing a confused mix of loud sounds, especially many voices at once.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
口 is the mouth radical. The noise here is the clamor of many mouths talking at once, so the mouth radical carries the 'din of voices' sense.
phonetic
曹 cáo
a group
曹 supplies the sound cáo directly. Its sense of 'a crowd / group' also faintly suits the picture of many people making noise together.

Stroke Order

嘈 cáo