扰rǎo
to poke, to disturb, to annoy, to agitate. 7 strokes, radical 扌, first met in HSK 5.
How to write 扰
Strokes 1–3 write 扌, then strokes 4–7 write 尤.
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 扰 · the stroke-order rules
What 扰 is made of
扌 (shǒu, hand) and 尤 (yóu, especially).
扌 carries the meaning — hand — and 尤 carries the sound.
Words that use 扰
| 打扰 | to disturb, bother 指妨碍别人，使其不能安宁 深夜若非紧急事务，切勿打扰他人。Unless it's urgent, please don't disturb others late at night. Lesson 407, 谨言审行 · 通达明理与气象万千 · Sagacity & Natural Grandeur |
| 干扰 | to disturb, interfere with 指扰乱正常的秩序或进程 团队坚决排除外部噪音干扰。The team resolutely eliminated outside noise interference. Lesson 422, 担当革新 · 鼎新革故与工巧天成 · Systemic Renewal & Masterly Craftsmanship |
| 困扰 | to trouble, perplex; trouble 指使人心烦意乱、难以摆脱 企业消除了长期债务困扰。The company got rid of long-standing debt trouble. Lesson 450, 博览自励 · 崇礼敦厚与通济两岸 · Civic Courtesy, Diligence & Cross-River Harmony |
Characters that share the sound part 尤
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 扌
All 105 of them, and what the radical means, on the 手 radical page.