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闹nào · ao

bustling, noisy. 8 strokes, radical 门, first met in HSK 4.

Pinyin nào · aoStrokes 8Radical 门Band HSK 4Words 3

How to write 闹

Strokes 1–3 write 门, then strokes 4–8 write 市.

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Stroke order chart for 闹 — 8 strokes, radical 门

Write 闹 on the grid

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 闹 · the stroke-order rules

What 闹 is made of

门 (mén, gate) and 市 (shì, city).

As busy as the market 市 gate 门.

Words that use 闹

闹(nào) bustling, noisy
人多声音大,气氛热烈

步行街上人来人往,格外闹。The pedestrian street, full of people coming and going, felt especially bustling.

Lesson 320, 岁晚幽赏与都市风华 · 霓裳艺韵与杏林深衷 · Fashion Aesthetics, Healing Fortitude & Academic Nurture

闹(nào)钟(zhōng) an alarm clock
到了设定时间会响的钟

清晨闹钟一响,医生便起床。As soon as the alarm clock rang at dawn, the doctor got up.

Lesson 319, 医者仁心与静水深流 · 霓裳艺韵与杏林深衷 · Fashion Aesthetics, Healing Fortitude & Academic Nurture

热(rèn)闹(ao) lively, bustling
人多、声音多,气氛十分活跃

广场上灯火闪烁,十分热闹。The square sparkled with lights and felt very lively.

Lesson 329, 善念春华与邻里欢歌 · 金秋佳景与善邻新篇 · Golden Harvests, Clean Energy & Community Warmth

More characters with the radical 门

All 11 of them, and what the radical means, on the 门 radical page.

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