Hanja Analyzer
噪

噪 — jo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
떠들썩할 조
Romanization
jo
English
be noisy; chirp loudly
Mandarin
zào
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ
Japanese kun'yomi
さわ.ぐ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Variant forms
譟
Radical
口 (30, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
喿(조)
Unicode
U+566A

Parts that make up 噪

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 喿 새 때지어 울 소sound 나무 위에서 지저귀는 새 떼‘조·소’ 계열의 소리

How 噪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 噪 as a ideographic compound involving 口, 喿.

Japanese words with 噪

  • 噪音そうおん noise; cacophony
  • 蛙鳴蝉噪あめいせんそう annoying noise; fruitless argument; useless controversy

Characters sharing the phonetic 喿

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “조” in Korean.

Other hanja read “조”

Other hanja with radical 口

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