Chinese symbol for “clamor”
喧嚣
xuān xiāo
Traditional: 喧囂
to clamor; to make noise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clamor is 喧嚣 (xuān xiāo), defined as: to clamor; to make noise.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “clamor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哗 (嘩) | huá | clamor; noise |
| 声浪 (聲浪) | shēng làng | clamor |
| 喧 | xuān | clamor; noise |
| 聒噪 | guō zào | a clamor; noisy |
| 嚣 (囂) | xiāo | clamor |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 喧嚣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喧闹 (喧鬧) | xuān nào | to make a noise; noisy |
| 喧哗 (喧嘩) | xuān huá | hubbub; clamor |
| 喧宾夺主 (喧賓奪主) | xuān bīn duó zhǔ | lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom); fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction |
| 喧腾 (喧騰) | xuān téng | to make a tumult; hubbub |
| 喧扰 (喧擾) | xuān rǎo | to disturb by noise |
| 嚣张 (囂張) | xiāo zhāng | rampant; unbridled |
| 叫嚣 (叫囂) | jiào xiāo | to hoot |
| 嚣张气焰 (囂張氣焰) | xiāo zhāng qì yàn | (idiom) overweening attitude; threatening manner |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clamor”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.