鬧

See also: 閙, and 闹

鬧	U+9B27, 鬧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B27

← 鬦
[U+9B26]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鬨 →
[U+9B28]

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Traditional	鬧
Shinjitai (extended)	閙
Simplified	闹

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Alternative forms

Note that the Ming typeface used in Japan and Korea as well as the Kangxi dictionary uses a vertical dot for the upper component of 亠 which is slightly different from modern Chinese scripts which uses a slanting 丶 dot for the upper component of 亠 in 市.

Han character

鬧 (Kangxi radical 191, 鬥+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中弓卜中月 (LNYLB), four-corner 7722₇, composition ⿵鬥市(GHTKV) or ⿵鬥巿(J))

Derived characters

𤂗

Related characters

閙 (Variant traditional form)
闹 (Simplified Chinese)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1457, character 34
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45639
Dae Jaweon: page 1989, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4515, character 7
Unihan data for U+9B27

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trad.		鬧
simp.		闹
alternative forms		閙／闹𠆴

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Glyph origin

In the current form, ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 鬥 (“to fight”) + 市 (“market; town”) – noisy.

Pronunciation

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Variety	Location	edit 鬧
Mandarin	Beijing	/nɑu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/nau⁵³/
	Tianjin	/nɑu⁵³/
	Jinan	/nɔ²¹/
	Qingdao	/nɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/nau³¹²/
	Xi'an	/nau⁴⁴/
	Xining	/nɔ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/lɔ¹³/ 搞～弄 /nɔ¹³/ 熱～
	Lanzhou	/lɔ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/nɔ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/nau³⁵/
	Chengdu	/nau¹³/
	Guiyang	/nao²¹³/
	Kunming	/nɔ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/lɔo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/lɔ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/nau⁴⁵/ /ɣau⁴⁵/ ～表
	Pingyao	/nɔ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/nɔ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/nɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/næ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/nɔ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/nuɔ²²/
Hui	Shexian	/lɔ²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/lo¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/lau⁵⁵/ /lau¹¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/naɯ²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/lɑu²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/nau⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/nɑu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/nau²²/
	Nanning	/nau²²/
	Hong Kong	/nau²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/nau²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/nɑu²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/nau⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/nau³⁵/ /lau³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/nau³⁵/ 吵～ /nau³³/ ～熱

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Rime
Character	鬧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	奴敎切
Baxter	nraewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠau^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚau^H/
Shao Rongfen	/nau^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳaɨw^H/
Li Rong	/nau^H/
Wang Li	/nau^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/nau^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naau⁶

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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鬧
Reading #	1/1
No.	9378
Phonetic component	鬧
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	橈
Old Chinese	/*rnaːws/

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Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nào (nao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nao⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naau⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nau⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): lau⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): nau

(Meixian, Guangdong): nau⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): nau³ / ghau³
Northern Min (KCR): nāu
Eastern Min (BUC): nâu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): nāu / lāu / lā

(Teochew, Peng'im): nao⁶ / nao⁷ / lao⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau⁴ / lau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nào
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nào
  - Wade–Giles: nao⁴
  - Yale: nàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naw
  - Palladius: нао (nao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nao⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: naau⁶
  - Yale: naauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: nao⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nau⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdau³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lau⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nau
  - Hakka Romanization System: nau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /nau̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: nau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /nau⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: nau³ / ghau³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /nau⁴⁵/, /ɣau⁴⁵/

Note: ghau3 - used in 鬧表／闹表.

Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡɑu²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāu
  - Tâi-lô: nāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nãu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nãu³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu
  - Tâi-lô: lāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lau
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /lau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lau³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lā
  - Tâi-lô: lā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: la
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /la³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /la⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /la²²/

Note:

nāu/lāu - literary;
lāu (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan) - used in 鬧熱;
lā - vernacular (also written as 抐 or 撓).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nao⁶ / nao⁷ / lao⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nău / nāu / lāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau³⁵/, /nau¹¹/, /lau¹¹/

Note: lao7 - vernacular (used in 鬧熱).

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nau
  - MiniDict: nau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nɔ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lau⁴ / lau⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒu̯⁴⁵/, /lɒu̯²¹/

Dialectal data

Middle Chinese: nraewH

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rnaːws/

Definitions

鬧

to be noisy
to create a disturbance
哪吒鬧海／哪吒闹海 ― Nézhā nào hǎi ― Nezha Churns the Sea (1979 Chinese animated film)
(of disease, disaster, or other negative events) to occur
容易鬧洪水／容易闹洪水 ― róngyì nào hóngshuǐ ― to be prone to flooding
A dummy verb.
- 1963, 瓊瑤, chapter 6, in 窗外:
  
  程心雯捧著點名單，一共點了三次名，還是鬧不清楚是不是人都到齊了。 [MSC, trad.]
  程心雯捧着点名单，一共点了三次名，还是闹不清楚是不是人都到齐了。 [MSC, simp.]
  Chéng Xīnwén pěng zhe diǎnmíngdān, yīgòng diǎn le sān cì míng, hái shì nào bù qīngchǔ shì bù shì rén dōu dào qí le. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2004, “小区安全关注系列之七小区出租房干啥的都有(图)”, in 北京娱乐信报‎, 新浪新闻 republished edition:
  
  有一次，我刚进家门，一名男子敲门说来接女朋友回家。这可把我闹糊涂了。原来，他把我家当成美容院了。 [MSC, simp.]
  有一次，我剛進家門，一名男子敲門說來接女朋友回家。這可把我鬧糊塗了。原來，他把我家當成美容院了。 [MSC, trad.]
  Yǒu yī cì, wǒ gāng jìn jiāmén, yī míng nánzǐ qiāo mén shuō lái jiē nǚpéngyǒu huí jiā. Zhè kě bǎ wǒ nào hútú le. Yuánlái, tā bǎ wǒ jiā dāngchéng měiróngyuàn le. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2007, 叁國無雙‖红酒, “驳一个人的战斗也精彩”, in 17173.com‎, archived from the original on 2008-08-20:
  
  到现在还没吃饭呢，偶去闹点东西吃去 [MSC, simp.]
  到現在還沒吃飯呢，偶去鬧點東西吃去 [MSC, trad.]
  dào xiànzài hái méi chī fàn ne, ǒu qù nào diǎn dōngxī chī qù [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2012, “汽车撞断护栏钻进河村民用竹竿将司机拉上岸”, in 半岛都市报‎, 新浪新闻 republished edition:
  
  接着汽车就撞上了护栏，还没闹明白状况的赵先生发现汽车要往河里掉，但此时他不知道该怎么办，脑子一片空白，紧接着就随车一起掉进了河里。 [MSC, simp.]
  接著汽車就撞上了護欄，還沒鬧明白狀況的趙先生發現汽車要往河裡掉，但此時他不知道該怎麼辦，腦子一片空白，緊接著就隨車一起掉進了河裡。 [MSC, trad.]
  Jiē zhe qìchē jiù zhuàng shàng le hùlán, hái méi nào míngbái zhuàngkuàng de Zhào xiānshēng fāxiàn qìchē yào wǎng hé lǐ diào, dàn cǐshí tā bù zhīdào gāi zěnme bàn, nǎozi yī piàn kòngbái, jǐn jiē zhe jiù suí chē yīqǐ diào jìn le hé lǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2016, 王丽荣, chapter 37, in 艾香‎:
  
  这不是来了吗？你别生气，快给我们闹点吃的，我们好赶路。 [MSC, simp.]
  這不是來了嗎？你別生氣，快給我們鬧點吃的，我們好趕路。 [MSC, trad.]
  Zhè bù shì lái le ma? Nǐ bié shēngqì, kuài gěi wǒmen nào diǎn chī de, wǒmen hǎo gǎnlù. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2021, 皇甫琪, “黑色变奏曲”, in 七色花‎, number 1, archived from the original on 2021-04-11:
  
  小梅从他的手里夺下了烟，说：“别抽了，你先洗洗，我给你闹点饭。” [MSC, simp.]
  小梅從他的手裡奪下了煙，說：“別抽了，你先洗洗，我給你鬧點飯。” [MSC, trad.]
  Xiǎoméi cóng tā de shǒu lǐ duó xià le yān, shuō: “Bié chōu le, nǐ xiān xǐxǐ, wǒ gěi nǐ nào diǎn fàn.” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(Cantonese) to scold

Synonyms

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		罵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	罵, 啳
	Taiwan	罵
	Malaysia	罵
	Singapore	罵
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	罵, 啳
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	罵, 噘
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	罵
	Wuhan	罵, 通
	Guilin	罵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	罵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	抽, 噘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鬧, 㨘, 插, 屌 vulgar
	Hong Kong	鬧, 㨘, 插, 屌 vulgar
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鬧
	Macau	鬧
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鬧
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鬧
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鬧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	怒
	Foshan	鬧
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	嗌
	Foshan (Shunde)	鬧
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鬧
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鬧
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鬧
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鬧
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鬧
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鬧
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鬧
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鬧
	Taishan	鬧
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鬧
	Enping (Niujiang)	鬧
	Heshan (Yayao)	鬧
	Dongguan	鬧
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鬧
	Yangjiang	數
	Beihai	嬲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	嬲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	嬲
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	嬲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鬧
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鬧
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鬧
	Móng Cái	嬲
Gan	Nanchang	罵
Hakka	Meixian	罵, 嘟
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鬧
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	罵
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	罵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	罵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	罵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	罵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	罵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	罵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	罵
	Singapore (Dabu)	罵
Jin	Taiyuan	罵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	罵, 詈
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	罵, 嚗
Southern Min	Xiamen	罵, 詈
	Quanzhou	罵, 詈
	Jinjiang	罵
	Zhangzhou	罵, 詈
	Zhao'an	罵
	Taipei	罵
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	罵
	Kaohsiung	罵
	Yilan	罵
	Changhua (Lukang)	罵
	Taichung	罵
	Tainan	罵
	Hsinchu	罵
	Kinmen	罵
	Penghu (Magong)	罵
	Penang (Hokkien)	罵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	罵, 姦 vulgar
	Manila (Hokkien)	罵, 𧮙
	Chaozhou	罵
	Shantou	罵, 咅
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	罵
	Jieyang	罵, 咅, 誧咅, 誧倫, 誧罵
	Singapore (Teochew)	罵
	Wenchang	罵
	Singapore (Hainanese)	罵
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	罵
Wu	Suzhou	罵
	Ningbo	𧮙
	Wenzhou	𧮙, 謴
Xiang	Changsha	罵, 咒, 反
Xiang	Shuangfeng	咒, 罵

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Dialectal synonyms of 罵 (“to scold”) [map]

Compounds

亂鬧／乱闹 (luànnào)
吵吵鬧鬧／吵吵闹闹 (chǎochǎonàonào)
吵鬧／吵闹 (chǎonào)
和鬧／和闹
哭鬧／哭闹 (kūnào)
喧鬧 (xuānnào)
嚷鬧／嚷闹
囂鬧／嚣闹
大吵大鬧／大吵大闹 (dàchǎodànào)
嬉鬧／嬉闹 (xīnào)
尋鬧／寻闹
廝鬧／厮闹
打打鬧鬧／打打闹闹
打鬧／打闹 (dǎnào)
挨鬧／挨闹
春香鬧學／春香闹学
混鬧／混闹
湊熱鬧／凑热闹 (còurènao)
潑哭潑鬧／泼哭泼闹
無理取鬧／无理取闹 (wúlǐqǔnào)
煩囂喧鬧／烦嚣喧闹
熱熱鬧鬧／热热闹闹
熱鬧／热闹
熱鬧哄哄／热闹哄哄
爭鬧／争闹
發鬧／发闹
看熱鬧／看热闹 (kàn rènao)
瞎鬧／瞎闹
瞧熱鬧／瞧热闹 (qiáo rènao)
紛紛鬧鬧／纷纷闹闹
索鬧／索闹
胡掄混鬧／胡抡混闹
胡鬧／胡闹 (húnào)
軋鬧猛／轧闹猛
騷鬧／骚闹
鬧不清／闹不清
鬧中取靜／闹中取静
鬧亂子／闹乱子
鬧事／闹事 (nàoshì)
鬧交／闹交
鬧刺兒／闹刺儿
鬧劇／闹剧 (nàojù)
鬧動／闹动
鬧區／闹区 (nàoqū)
鬧口舌／闹口舌
鬧哄哄／闹哄哄
鬧喪鼓兒／闹丧鼓儿
鬧嗓子／闹嗓子
鬧嘴舌／闹嘴舌
鬧嚷嚷／闹嚷嚷
鬧垓垓／闹垓垓
鬧場／闹场
鬧天宮／闹天宫
鬧天氣／闹天气
鬧娥／闹娥
鬧家務／闹家务
鬧小旦／闹小旦
鬧小月子／闹小月子
鬧市／闹市 (nàoshì)
鬧彆扭／闹别扭
鬧心／闹心 (nàoxīn)
鬧心眼兒／闹心眼儿
鬧忙／闹忙
鬧性子／闹性子
鬧情緒／闹情绪 (nào qíngxù)
鬧意見／闹意见
鬧戲兒／闹戏儿
鬧房／闹房 (nàofáng)
鬧擰了／闹拧了
鬧攘／闹攘
鬧新房／闹新房 (nào xīnfáng)
鬧架／闹架
鬧標鬧闊／闹标闹阔
鬧油／闹油
鬧洞房／闹洞房 (nào dòngfáng)
鬧災／闹灾
鬧炒／闹炒
鬧烘烘／闹烘烘
鬧熱／闹热 (nàorè)
鬧猛／闹猛
鬧病／闹病 (nàobìng)
鬧的慌／闹的慌
鬧磨擦／闹磨擦
鬧竿兒／闹竿儿
鬧笑話／闹笑话 (nào xiàohuà)
鬧米湯／闹米汤
鬧翻／闹翻 (nàofān)
鬧翻身／闹翻身
鬧耗子／闹耗子
鬧聲／闹声
鬧肚子／闹肚子 (nào dùzi)
鬧脾氣／闹脾气 (nào píqi)
鬧臺／闹台
鬧荒／闹荒 (nàohuāng)
鬧荒荒／闹荒荒
鬧著玩兒／闹著玩儿 (nàozhewánr)
鬧虛／闹虚
鬧裝／闹装
鬧賊／闹贼
鬧酒／闹酒
鬧酸款／闹酸款
鬧錯／闹错
鬧鐘／闹钟 (nàozhōng)
鬧鑊鐸／闹镬铎
鬧風潮／闹风潮
鬧饑荒／闹饥荒
鬧騰／闹腾 (nàoteng)
鬧騰勁兒／闹腾劲儿
鬧鬧熱熱／闹闹热热
鬧鬧穰穰／闹闹穰穰
鬧鬨／闹哄
鬧鬼／闹鬼 (nàoguǐ)
鬧魔／闹魔
鬧龍燈／闹龙灯

Kanji

鬧

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 閙)

to be noisy
to create a disturbance
to disturb
Synonym: 擾
lively; bustling

Readings

Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
Kan-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
Kun: さわがしい (sawagashii, 鬧しい)、さわがす (sawagasu, 鬧がす)、さわぐ (sawagu, 鬧ぐ)、みだれる (midareru, 鬧れる)

Compounds

閙(どう)事(じ)／鬧(どう)事(じ) (dōji)
閙(とう)熱(ねつ)／鬧(とう)熱(ねつ) (tōnetsu), 閙(どう)熱(ねつ)／鬧(どう)熱(ねつ) (dōnetsu)
喧(けん)閙(とう)／喧(けん)鬧(とう), 諠(けん)閙(とう)／諠(けん)鬧(とう) (kentō), 喧(けん)閙(どう)／喧(けん)鬧(どう) (kendō)
混(こん)閙(とう)／混(こん)鬧(とう) (kontō)
雑(ざっ)閙(とう)／雑(ざっ)鬧(とう) (zattō)
熱(ねっ)閙(とう)／熱(ねっ)鬧(とう) (nettō), 熱(ねつ)閙(とう)／熱(ねつ)鬧(どう) (netsudō)
紛(ふん)閙(どう)／紛(ふん)鬧(どう) (fundō)

Hanja

鬧 • (ryo>yo, nyo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, 뇨>요, revised ryo>yo, nyo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, nyo>yo, Yale lyo>yo, nyo>yo)

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Han character

鬧: Hán Nôm readings: náo, náu, nháo, nao, nào

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