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吅

xuān
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 (archaic) to cry out; clamor, a variant of 喧
  2. 2 (archaic) to dispute, a variant of 讼

Examples

HSK 7-9
人群喧闹，谁也听不清。
Rénqún xuānnào, shéi yě tīngbùqīng.
The crowd was in a noisy uproar, and no one could hear clearly.

Tips

history
吅 (two mouths side by side) is archaic and not used independently in modern Chinese. It is the 'twin-mouth' element seen inside 哭 (to weep), 嚣 (clamor), and is a variant of 喧 (noisy) and 讼 (to litigate).
register
Archaic and lexicographic only. 吅 appears in old glosses and component breakdowns, not in modern writing.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
The left 口 'mouth' is the indexing radical; doubling the mouth in 吅 pictures many voices shouting at once.
semantic
口 kǒu
mouth
The second 口 repeats the mouth; two mouths together intensify the idea into clamor and dispute, the core of 吅.

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Stroke Order

吅 xuān