# 嘈

| 嘈 | U+5608, &#22024; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5608 |
| ← 嘇 [U+5607] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嘉 → [U+5609] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嘈 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口廿田日 (RTWA), four-corner 6406$_7$, composition ⿰口曹)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 205, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4175
* Dae Jaweon: page 427, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 674, character 9
* Unihan data for U+5608

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 遭 | *ʔsluː |
| 糟 | *ʔsluː |
| 醩 | *ʔsluːu |
| 傮 | *ʔsluː |
| 槽 | *ʔsluː, *zluː |
| 曹 | *zluː |
| 螬 | *zluː |
| 漕 | *zluː, *zluːs |
| 嘈 | *zluː |
| 艚 | *zluː |
| 褿 | *zluː |
| 蓸 | *zluː |
| 慒 | *lju, *zluːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zluː) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 曹 (OC *zluː)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cáo (cao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cou$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): tau$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhāu / chô
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cáo
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻao$^2$
*** Yale: tsáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaur
*** Palladius: цао (cao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cou$^4$
*** Yale: chòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰou̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: tau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰau²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhāu / chô
*** Tâi-lô: tshāu / tsô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhau, zooi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau²²/, /t͡so²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴¹/, /t͡so²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau²²/, /t͡so¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau³³/, /t͡so²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau³³/, /t͡sɤ²³/
* Middle Chinese: dzaw
Rime :
| Character | 嘈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 昨勞切 |
| Baxter | dzaw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zaw/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zɑu/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zɑu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cáo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zluː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嘈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1158 |
| Phonetic component | 曹 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 曹 |
| Old Chinese | /*zluː/ |

### Definitions

嘈
* noisy
    嘈死人 [Cantonese] ― cou$^4$ sei$^2$ jan$^4$ [Jyutping] ― annoyingly noisy
* (Cantonese) to make noise; to annoy by making noise
    唔好嘈啦！ [Cantonese] ― m$^4$ hou$^2$ cou$^4$ laa$^1$! [Jyutping] ― Shut up! (literally, “Don't be noisy!”)
* (Cantonese) to quarrel; to argue
* (Cantonese) to complain; to make a fuss

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 吵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嘈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嘈 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 嘈 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 吵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 吵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 吵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 吵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 吵 |

#### Compounds

* 亂嘈嘈 / 乱嘈嘈
* 勞嘈 / 劳嘈
* 吵嘈
* 啾嘈
* 嘈亂 / 嘈乱 (cáoluàn)
* 嘈交
* 嘈人
* 嘈吵
* 嘈啐
* 嘈喧巴閉
* 嗷嘈
* 嘈嘈 (cáocáo)
* 嘈嚷 (cáorǎng)
* 嘈囋 / 嘈𰉄
* 嘈囐 / 嘈𰈯
* 嘈聒
* 嘈雜 / 嘈杂 (cáozá)
* 嚌嘈 / 哜嘈
* 嚌嚌嘈嘈 / 哜哜嘈嘈
* 胡嘈
* 鬼殺咁嘈 / 鬼杀咁嘈

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to make noise; to buzz

#### Readings

(Can we verify this pronunciation?)
* Go-on: ぞう (zō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* On: せう (seu)、ぜう (zeu)
* Kun: かまびすしい (kamabisushii)

#### Compounds

* 嘈(そう)雑(ざつ) (sōzatsu)
* 嘈(そう)嘈(そう) (sōsō)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 嘈 (MC dzaw).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕo̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [조]

### Hanja

Wikisource 嘈 (eumhun 들렐 조 (deullel jo))
* to make noise
* noisy
* talking voice

#### Compounds

* 조잡증 (嘈雜症, jojapjeung)
* 조조 (嘈嘈, jojo)

### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 嘈

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嘈: Hán Nôm readings: tào
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