What 訬 means
It can mean noisy or troublesome speech.
The Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary, analyzes 訬 as 言 (‘speech’) plus 少 for sound, linking it to disturbance and crafty behavior. Other dictionaries also list nimble, flighty, high, copying, and blabbing.
Rare and literary.
For everyday noise or arguments, 訬 can look archaic or mistaken.
Who writes 訬
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CJK Unified Ideograph-5435
訬 and 吵 are historically related: for noisy speech, 吵 is the later 口 (‘mouth’) form used in ordinary modern Chinese; 訬 is the older literary form.
CJK Unified Ideograph-8A00
In the Shuowen Jiezi analysis, 言 (‘speech’) is the meaning-related component, linking 訬 to speech and disturbance.
CJK Unified Ideograph-5C11
In that analysis, 少 supplies the sound: it is a phonetic component, not a separate meaning of 訬.
Questions people ask
1How is 訬 pronounced?
Mandarin dictionaries record chāo (first tone) and miǎo (third tone). These are pinyin spellings using Latin letters for Mandarin; context determines which reading applies.
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How to type or find 訬
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\8A2CChinese pinyin
On a Mandarin pinyin keyboard, enter
chao; tone marks are usually omitted. If 訬 is missing from the suggestions, switch to handwriting input.Codes and encoding1 code points
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\8A2C";
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URL encoded
%E8%A8%AC
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