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

	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

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

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

Pronunciation

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou4

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/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáo (cao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cou⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tau³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhāu / chô

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: dzaw

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zluː/

Definitions

嘈

1. noisy

   嘈死人 [Cantonese]  ―  cou⁴ sei² jan⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  annoyingly noisy

2. (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!”)

3. (Cantonese) to quarrel; to argue
4. (Cantonese) to complain; to make a fuss

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吵
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吵
	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

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

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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 嘈

嘈

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. 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

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

嘈

Wikisource 嘈 (eumhun 들렐 조 (deullel jo))

1. to make noise
2. noisy
3. talking voice

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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