校闹
xiào​nào

school disturbance

校 xiào school

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
交
交 Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːws
ɡreːws
Unicodegàu
hàu

說文解字

《說文》：“校，木囚也。从木，交聲。”

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)

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

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)