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字HANZI DESK

闹

Traditional: 閙 · 鬧

nào

HSK 3.0 · 4

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nào · naau6 (Jyutping)

  1. variant of 鬧|闹[nao4]
  2. noisy
  3. cacophonous
  4. to make noise
  5. to disturb
  6. to vent (feelings)
  7. to fall ill
  8. to have an attack (of sickness)
  9. to go in (for some activity)
  10. to joke

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

闹

Meaning
quarrel; dispute hotly
Radical
门
Strokes
8
Components
⿵门市
Cangjie
LSYLB
Four-corner
3722

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