Read Edit View history 吵 chǎo HSK3 argue Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas chǎo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吵 Simp strokes 吵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吵 Simp strokes 吵 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 吵 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 108, 576 ], [ 138, 550 ], [ 141, 540 ], [ 176, 320 ] ], [ [ 174, 548 ], [ 183, 559 ], [ 299, 595 ], [ 314, 592 ], [ 342, 568 ], [ 317, 449 ], [ 291, 426 ] ], [ [ 195, 363 ], [ 214, 380 ], [ 285, 398 ], [ 347, 395 ] ], [ [ 564, 779 ], [ 588, 762 ], [ 610, 731 ], [ 593, 452 ], [ 592, 358 ], [ 597, 331 ] ], [ [ 471, 532 ], [ 458, 452 ], [ 429, 386 ], [ 424, 356 ] ], [ [ 744, 606 ], [ 874, 531 ], [ 896, 506 ], [ 913, 473 ] ], [ [ 739, 466 ], [ 759, 420 ], [ 750, 399 ], [ 688, 278 ], [ 607, 171 ], [ 523, 90 ], [ 460, 45 ], [ 340, -24 ], [ 262, -55 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 163 570 Q 153 577 117 585 Q 104 589 101 584 Q 94 578 102 562 Q 132 492 144 378 Q 145 344 164 320 Q 180 298 187 313 Q 193 329 192 357 L 189 391 Q 173 502 170 539 C 167 568 167 568 163 570 Z", "M 337 414 Q 355 520 382 553 Q 406 581 379 596 Q 309 629 308 629 Q 296 629 287 622 Q 251 595 163 570 C 134 562 141 533 170 539 Q 180 540 192 545 Q 234 557 268 566 Q 292 573 298 563 Q 307 556 300 516 Q 293 473 283 420 C 277 391 332 384 337 414 Z", "M 192 357 Q 199 357 208 359 Q 251 372 346 385 Q 356 386 357 396 Q 357 403 337 414 L 283 420 Q 279 420 278 419 Q 229 401 189 391 C 160 384 162 355 192 357 Z", "M 552 771 Q 592 705 572 441 Q 563 368 567 353 Q 573 341 580 328 Q 590 310 607 320 Q 619 330 620 419 Q 610 491 634 660 Q 635 691 656 730 Q 663 740 650 756 Q 593 802 560 793 Q 545 787 552 771 Z", "M 458 533 Q 437 473 406 418 Q 385 387 407 349 Q 417 330 438 345 Q 487 390 489 475 Q 492 509 483 535 Q 477 542 471 544 Q 462 543 458 533 Z", "M 745 585 Q 805 542 877 478 Q 896 459 913 456 Q 922 455 929 467 Q 941 483 922 527 Q 910 567 825 595 Q 771 611 743 618 Q 733 622 732 609 Q 733 596 745 585 Z", "M 721 464 Q 706 275 488 99 Q 479 93 472 87 Q 409 35 259 -47 Q 249 -54 256 -60 Q 263 -64 278 -61 Q 378 -36 465 19 Q 553 67 614 138 Q 681 208 752 334 Q 776 371 803 405 Q 815 415 810 428 Q 804 441 772 467 Q 750 485 738 484 Q 722 483 721 464 Z" ] } 7 strokes 吵 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 105, 577 ], [ 142, 543 ], [ 179, 313 ] ], [ [ 162, 557 ], [ 294, 597 ], [ 345, 568 ], [ 302, 406 ] ], [ [ 188, 368 ], [ 353, 400 ] ], [ [ 595, 785 ], [ 654, 728 ], [ 632, 319 ] ], [ [ 484, 531 ], [ 504, 466 ], [ 370, 295 ] ], [ [ 760, 610 ], [ 874, 544 ], [ 912, 485 ] ], [ [ 753, 480 ], [ 782, 417 ], [ 639, 181 ], [ 505, 62 ], [ 279, -53 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M163,570C156,575 140,579 117,585C94,591 96,575 102,562C122,516 137,455 144,378C145,356 151,336 164,320C191,286 191,325 192,357C192,369 190,380 189,391C182,448 172,515 170,539C170,550 172,565 163,570Z", "M337,414C349,485 363,532 382,553C397,572 397,587 379,596C332,619 308,629 308,629C300,629 293,627 287,622C263,604 221,587 163,570C153,566 160,537 170,539C202,547 237,558 268,566C308,578 303,538 300,516C295,488 289,456 283,420C279,402 333,396 337,414Z", "M192,357C227,364 301,379 346,385C371,393 358,400 337,414C321,423 300,426 283,420C251,411 218,399 189,391C178,389 181,355 192,357Z", "M592,771C617,727 627,617 612,441C607,393 603,367 607,353C616,317 629,309 647,320C655,326 663,360 660,419C657,468 659,548 674,660C676,681 681,705 696,730C700,738 700,747 690,756C653,789 621,800 600,793C589,790 586,782 592,771Z", "M472,516C472,499 472,481 462,450C450,418 429,385 394,341C350,287 353,269 412,316C462,357 497,404 512,423C541,467 562,470 543,496C530,512 514,524 502,532C490,540 471,538 472,516Z", "M763,590C796,566 835,536 877,499C888,488 898,482 908,480C912,480 917,483 922,489C928,500 925,516 916,541C907,564 880,583 832,599C801,609 777,614 761,619C755,620 752,619 752,611C752,604 755,596 763,590Z", "M741,464C737,423 728,380 709,339C613,145 472,59 279,-47C257,-58 274,-63 298,-57C533,14 662,136 749,292C764,321 794,371 821,401C827,409 833,420 830,428C826,437 813,450 792,467C777,479 766,485 758,484C747,484 741,477 741,464Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.