嘈 cáo noisy Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 曹 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 曹 曹 Sound component cáo plaintiff and defendant Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangzluːUnicodedzhɑu Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang