騒 – boisterous, make noise, clamor

18 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1069 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 騒 means boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ (sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さわ.ぐ、うれい、さわ.がしい (sawagu, urei, sawagashii). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 馬 (no. 187).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	さわ.ぐ	sawagu
Kun’yomi	うれい	urei
Kun’yomi	さわ.がしい	sawagashii

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 馬 (Kangxi radical 187). Components: 虫・馬・又・杰.

Words using 騒

騒ぐさわぐto make noise騒ぎさわぎuproar騒音そうおんnoise物騒ぶっそうdangerous騒がしいさわがしいnoisy騒々しいそうぞうしいnoisy騒動そうどうriot

Example sentences

この騒ぎはどうしたの。

What is all this bother about?

Tatoeba #220705

その騒音には我慢できない。

I can't put up with the noise.

Tatoeba #208340

地震の後、この辺りは物騒だ。

After the earthquake the neighbourhood felt insecure.

Tatoeba #126882

Kanji with the same radical

験馬駅駐駆驚騰駄騙馴

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