闹剧
nào​jù

farce

闹 nào, nao noisy, quarrel Simplified

Simplified form of 鬧. Markets (市) and fights (鬥) are noisy.

Components

门
门 Simplified component
mén, men door

Shorthand for the 鬥 component in the traditional character 鬧.

市
市 Meaning component
shì market

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

剧 jù severe, dramatic, theatrical play Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 居 represents the sound. Simplified form of 劇.

Components

居
居 Sound component
jū live
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

鬧 nào, nao noisy; quarrel Traditional

Markets (市) and fights (鬥) are noisy.

Components

鬥
鬥 Meaning component
fight
市
市 Meaning component
shì market

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrnaːws

說文解字

《說文新附》：“鬧，不静也。从市、鬥。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

劇 jù severe, dramatic, theatrical play Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 豦 represents the sound.

Components

豦
豦 Sound component
jù, qú a wild boar
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaɡ
Unicodeghiæk

說文解字

《說文新附》：“劇，尤甚也。从刀，未詳，豦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)