聒噪
guō​zào

clamor

聒 guō, guā clamor

The sound 耳 of a bell 舌

Components

耳
耳 Meaning component
ěr ear
舌
舌 Meaning component
shé tongue

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːd
Unicodeguɑt

說文解字

驩語也。从耳𠯑聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

噪 zào noise

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 喿 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
喿
喿 SoundMeaning component
zào, sào, qiāo chirping of birds

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsawHC.sˤaw-sshout
Zhengzhangsaːws
Unicodesɑ̀u

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang