唣

zào
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 啰唣, to make a noisy fuss; to clamor

Examples

HSK 5
Rénqún zài ménkǒu luózào, yào ge shuōfǎ.
The crowd kicked up a noisy fuss at the door, demanding an explanation.

Tips

history
唣 does not stand alone in modern Chinese. It appears only in 啰唣 (to clamor, to make a row), and is a variant of 唕. Built on the mouth radical 口, it belongs with other 'noise' characters.
register
Old vernacular usage, common in classic novels. 唣 is rare in modern writing outside the fixed pair 啰唣.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
The 口 'mouth' radical marks 唣 as a sound made by the mouth and is its indexing radical.
phonetic
皂 zào
soap; black
The 皂 element supplies the sound; the mouth radical turns it into the 'clamor' word 唣.

Stroke Order

唣 zào