rǎo

disturb

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

憂 sound component

  Sound component

yōu

  

sad

Evolution

擾 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
擾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
擾 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
擾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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rǎo

disturb, annoy, agitate; to disturb

Most common words with 擾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

打扰

to disturb

干扰

to disturb

困扰

to perplex

骚扰

to disturb

to disturb