噪 Stroke Order

噪 Meaning: zào 1. Many birds or insects making chaotic sounds. Example: 鹊～ (magpie chirping). 蝉～ (cicadas chirping). 归鸟晚～ (returning birds making noise late in the day). 2. Chaotic sounds. Example: ～声 (noise). ～音 (clatter). ～聒 (racket). 3. Many people shouting, clamoring, or agitating. Example: ～嚷 (shouting). ～聚 (gathering with much noise). 声名大～ (making a huge fuss about one's reputation). Etymology: 1. (Ideophonetic). 2. Same as original meaning ([En.] chirping of birds, insects, etc.) 3. Loud shouting ([En.] make an uproar;clamor). Example references: - Han Dynasty, Wang Chong, "On Balance": To speak of defamation, the upright and virtuous face jealousy, the exceptional and remarkable face noise. - Further examples: 噪逐 (shouting and driving away); 噪儿巴喝 (dialect term for babbling); 噪呼 (clamoring and shouting); 噪喧 (making disturbance); 噪刺刺 (buzzing); 噪嘴 (talkative); 噪噪 (buzzing and chatting); 噪噪切切 (the different sounds from the bass and treble strings of a string instrument).