Jisho

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18 strokes
Radical:
horse
Parts:
Variants:
boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1069 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 騒然 【ソウゼン】 noisy, confused, uproarious
  • 騒音 【ソウオン】 noise, din
  • 狂躁 【キョウソウ】 mania, wild excitement
  • 鼓譟 【コソウ】 motivating the troops on the battlefield with war drums and war cries, making an uproar

Kun reading compounds

  • 騒ぐ 【さわぐ】 to make noise, to make racket, to be noisy, to rustle, to swoosh, to make merry, to clamor, to clamour, to make a fuss, to kick up a fuss, to lose one's cool, to panic, to act flustered, to feel tense, to be uneasy, to be excited
  • 騒がしい 【さわがしい】 noisy, boisterous, turbulent (era, etc.), troubled

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sao1
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • bullicio
  • tumulto
  • clamor
  • hacer ruido
  • hacer bulla
  • agitarse

Portuguese

  • vociferante
  • barulhento
  • clamor
  • perturbar
  • excitar

French

  • tapage
  • faire du bruit
  • clameur
  • émeute
  • exciter
  • déranger
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1912 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
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895 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
794 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1921 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2308 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1194 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1630 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2004 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44834P Morohashi
1835 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6760 New Nelson (John Haig)
1985 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2139 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1913 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3471 2001 Kanji
10a8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
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7733.6 Four corner code
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