懂中文 Dong Chinese

扰

rǎo

disturb

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 憂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擾.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

尤 simplified component

尤  Simplified component

yóu

  

especially

Shorthand for the phonetic 憂 component in the traditional character 擾.

Evolution

扰 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
扰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
扰 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
扰 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
扰 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

扰 (擾) 

rǎo

disturb, annoy, agitate; to disturb

Most common words with 扰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

打扰

to disturb

干扰

to disturb

困扰

to perplex

骚扰

to disturb

扰

to disturb