嘈

嘈	U+5608, 嘈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5608

← 嘇
[U+5607]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嘉 →
[U+5609]

Translingual

Han character

嘈 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口廿田日 (RTWA), four-corner 6406₇, composition ⿰口曹)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 205, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4175
Dae Jaweon: page 427, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 674, character 9
Unihan data for U+5608

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嘈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (曹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
遭	*ʔsluː
糟	*ʔsluː
醩	*ʔsluːu
傮	*ʔsluː
槽	ʔsluː, zluː
曹	*zluː
螬	*zluː
漕	zluː, zluːs
嘈	*zluː
艚	*zluː
褿	*zluː
蓸	*zluː
慒	lju, zluːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zluː): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 曹 (OC *zluː)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáo (cao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cou⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): tau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhāu / chô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cáo
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao²
  - Yale: tsáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaur
  - Palladius: цао (cao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cou⁴
  - Yale: chòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: tau³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhāu / chô
  - Tâi-lô: tshāu / tsô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhau, zooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau²²/, /t͡so²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴¹/, /t͡so²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau²²/, /t͡so¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau³³/, /t͡so²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau³³/, /t͡sɤ²³/

Middle Chinese: dzaw

Rime
Character	嘈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	昨勞切
Baxter	dzaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zaw/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑu/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zluː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘈
Reading #	1/1
No.	1158
Phonetic component	曹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	曹
Old Chinese	/*zluː/

Definitions

嘈

noisy
嘈死人 [Cantonese] ― cou⁴ sei² jan⁴ [Jyutping] ― annoyingly noisy
(Cantonese) to make noise; to annoy by making noise
唔好嘈啦！ [Cantonese] ― m⁴ hou² cou⁴ laa¹! [Jyutping] ― Shut up! (literally, “Don't be noisy!”)
(Cantonese) to quarrel; to argue
(Cantonese) to complain; to make a fuss

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吵 (“noisy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吵
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吵
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	吵
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	吵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘈
	Hong Kong	嘈
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘈
Southern Min	Xiamen	吵
	Quanzhou	吵
	Zhangzhou	吵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	吵
	Manila (Hokkien)	吵

Compounds

亂嘈嘈 / 乱嘈嘈
勞嘈 / 劳嘈
吵嘈
啾嘈
嘈亂 / 嘈乱 (cáoluàn)
嘈交
嘈人
嘈吵
嘈啐
嘈喧巴閉
嗷嘈
嘈嘈 (cáocáo)
嘈嚷 (cáorǎng)
嘈囋 / 嘈𰉄
嘈囐 / 嘈𰈯
嘈聒
嘈雜 / 嘈杂 (cáozá)
嚌嘈 / 哜嘈
嚌嚌嘈嘈 / 哜哜嘈嘈
胡嘈
鬼殺咁嘈 / 鬼杀咁嘈

Japanese

Kanji

嘈

(Hyōgai kanji)

to make noise; to buzz

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Go-on: ぞう (zō)^{←ざう (zau, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
On: せう (seu)、ぜう (zeu)
Kun: かまびすしい (kamabisushii)

Compounds

嘈(そう)雑(ざつ) (sōzatsu)
嘈(そう)嘈(そう) (sōsō)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 嘈 (MC dzaw).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [조]

Hanja

嘈 (eumhun 들렐 조 (deullel jo))

Compounds

조잡증 (嘈雜症, jojapjeung)
조조 (嘈嘈, jojo)

References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 嘈

Vietnamese

Han character

嘈: Hán Nôm readings: tào

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