騒
騒 — Boisterous
boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite
On’yomiソウ (sou)
Kun’yomiさわぐ (sawagu)
Kun’yomiうれい (urei)
Kun’yomiさわがしい (sawagashii)
Stroke order (18 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 騒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 騒ぎ | さわぎ sawagi | uproar; disturbance |
| 騒音 | そうおん souon | noise; din |
| 騒動 | そうどう soudou | riot; rebellion; turmoil |
| 大騒ぎ | おおさわぎ oosawagi | clamour; clamor; uproar |
| 騒ぐ | さわぐ sawagu | to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy |
| 騒然 | そうぜん souzen | noisy; confused; uproarious |
Study notes
騒 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1069 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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