嚷

rǎng
verb HSK 7-9 #11,089

Meanings

  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to yell
  3. 3 to make a fuss about

Examples

HSK 2
Bié rǎng le, háizi zài shuìjiào.
Stop yelling, the child is sleeping.
HSK 2
Lóuxià yǒu rén zài rǎng, chū shénme shì le?
Someone is shouting downstairs. What's happened?
HSK 3
Tā yìzhí rǎng zhe yào qù lǚyóu.
He keeps making a fuss about wanting to travel.

Tips

usage
嚷 can mean shouting loudly or complaining/fussing repeatedly. 嚷嚷 (rāngrāng) is the reduplicated form meaning 'to make a racket' and is more colloquial.
mistakes
Note the tone difference: 嚷 (rǎng, 3rd tone) when used alone, but 嚷嚷 (rāngrāng, 1st tone) when reduplicated.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
口 on the left is the mouth radical, a square outline of an open mouth. It tags 嚷 as a vocal action, grouping it with 喊 (shout), 叫 (call), and 吵 (squabble) - words for things produced loudly out of the mouth.
phonetic
襄 xiāng
assist; rise up
襄 supplies the reading, drifting from xiāng to rǎng along an old initial alternation. The same phonetic surfaces in 让 (yield), 壤 (soil), and 攘 (push aside), all clustered around the rang and xiang syllables.

Stroke Order

嚷 rǎng