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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zào - (literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp
- (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
zào - variant of 噪[zao4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 23,965 16,270 15,070

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

The sound 口 of birds chirping 喿; 喿 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
噪音 6 7 4,778 9,392 13,203
噪声 - 8 17,266 9,760 34,020
- - 23,965 16,270 15,070
聒噪 - - 34,169 52,121 27,407
鼓噪 - - 46,149 44,501 53,273
名噪一时 - - 51,509 58,752 73,948