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Chinese symbol for “clamour”

吵嚷
chǎo rǎng
to make a racket; clamour; uproar

The closest CC-CEDICT match for clamour is 吵嚷 (chǎo rǎng), defined as: to make a racket; clamour; uproar.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

吵 chǎo
to argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
嚷 rǎng
to shout, to roar, to cry; to brawl
radical 30 ⼝ · 20 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 吵嚷.

WordPinyinMeaning
吵架chǎo jiàto quarrel; to have a row
争吵 (爭吵)zhēng chǎoto quarrel; dispute
吵闹 (吵鬧)chǎo nàonoisy; raucous
吵醒chǎo xǐngto wake sb up with a noise
大吵大闹 (大吵大鬧)dà chǎo dà nàoto shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss; to make a scene
吵吵chāo chaoto make a racket; to quarrel
嚷嚷rāng rangto argue noisily; to shout
叫嚷jiào rǎngto shout; to bellow one's grievances

See also: Japanese symbol for “clamour”.

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.