吵chǎo
noisy. 7 strokes, radical 口, first met in HSK 3.
How to write 吵
Strokes 1–3 write 口, then strokes 4–7 write 少.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 吵 · the stroke-order rules
What 吵 is made of
口 (kǒu, mouth) and 少 (shǎo, few).
口 carries the meaning — mouth — and 少 carries the sound.
Words that use 吵
| 吵 | noisy 声音很大，让人觉得心烦 隔壁邻居嫌这里太吵，皱起了眉头。The neighbours next door found it too noisy and frowned. Lesson 208, 家常理短与纷扰包容 · 婚姻家庭与人生百态 · Family Bonds, Marital Life & Human Character |
| 吵架 | to quarrel 因为意见不合大声争论 夫妻俩因为小事吵架，谁也不让谁。The couple quarrelled over a small matter, neither willing to give in. Lesson 208, 家常理短与纷扰包容 · 婚姻家庭与人生百态 · Family Bonds, Marital Life & Human Character |
Characters that share the sound part 少
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 口
All 80 of them, and what the radical means, on the 口 radical page.