噪

zào
#2,793 most
frequent character
(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

噪 puts 口 mouth beside 喿, a noisy flock of birds that also gives the sound zào. It first meant to kick up a loud fuss; that grew into noise and clamor, then into making noise. The bird-and-insect chirping sense was borrowed for the sound only.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

噪zào
variant of 噪[zao4]

Homophones

造zào
make, build, create, produce

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