Chinese Character 吵 Meanings and components.

Form

吵

Meaning

吵 meaning[3] in English

To Quarrel.

To Make A Noise.

Noisy.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吵 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and few (少)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RFH

How to write 吵

To write吵chao3to quarrel you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 少shao3few arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 少 = 吵

吵 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 吵 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 吵, looks as follow:

吵
Pinyin:chao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Quarrel . To Make A Noise . Noisy . To Disturb By Making A Noise
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
少
Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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