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擾
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扰
🇨🇳

harass

HSK 10
Human →Actions →Change
rǎo
ジョウ
みだ.れる、みだ.す、わずら.わしい
요
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 憂 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (擾)
扌 hand (side)+ 憂 worried =
擾 harass
扌 Meaning component
shou hand (side)
hand
扌 is a component form of 手.
憂 Phonetic component
worried
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Simplified (扰)
扌 hand (side)+ 尤 remarkable =
扰 disturb
扌 Meaning component
shou hand (side)
hand
扌 is a component form of 手.
尤 Simplified component
yóu remarkable
especially, particularly
Shorthand for the phonetic 憂 component in the traditional character 擾.
Notes
Similar Characters
奉 proffer扎 prick扑 strike (simp)扒 pick pockets打 strike扔 throw away払 caress (jp)托 hold up (simp)扛 carry over the shoulder扢 caper扣 button扦 poke扪 stoke (simp)扫 clear (simp)扬 scatter (simp)扭 twist扮 play the part of扯 yank扰 annoy (simp)扳 tug
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
扰
Regular
Modern
Chinese
扰 / 擾 [rǎo]
to disturb
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (38)
打扰 [dǎ​rǎo] #945
to disturb
干扰 [gān​rǎo] #4,075
to disturb
困扰 [kùn​rǎo] #3,471
to perplex
骚扰 [sāo​rǎo] #3,666
to disturb
扰乱 [rǎo​luàn] #7,242
to disturb
性骚扰 [xìng​sāo​rǎo] #5,431
sexual harassment
干扰素 [gān​rǎo​sù] #57,478
interferon
扰动 [rǎo​dòng] #34,027
to disturb
侵扰 [qīn​rǎo] #30,498
to invade and harass
庸人自扰 [yōng​rén​zì​rǎo] #29,416
lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom)
28 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (4)
騒擾 [そうじょう] #57,643
riot
擾乱 [じょうらん] #67,422
disturbance
紛擾 [ふんじょう] #111,963
disturbance
騒擾罪 [そうじょうざい] #252,754
(the crime of) rioting