Definitions

rǎo (verb) to disturb; to trouble; to bother

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Semantic: Phonetic:

About

The character "扰" originates from its traditional form "擾", which combines the hand radical indicative of physical action with the component "憂" associated with worry or sorrow, etymologically suggesting the act of disturbing through manual intervention. Its meaning has consistently revolved around causing disruption or annoyance, from classical uses denoting harassment to modern applications in terms like interference or bother. The structural evolution involved simplifying the right component to "尤", a phonetic and graphical reduction that retained the hand radical, thus preserving the character's semantic connection to action while streamlining its written form without shifting its fundamental sense.

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Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
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Example Sentences Hide

请不要打我。

Qǐng bùyào dǎrǎo wǒ.

Please don't disturb me.

噪音干学习。

Zàoyīn gānrǎo xuéxí.

Noise interferes with studying.

她的哭声打了邻居。

Tā de kūshēng dǎrǎo le línjū.

Her crying disturbed the neighbors.

乱了我的计划。

Tā rǎoluànle wǒ de jìhuà.

He disrupted my plan.

这个问题困了我很久。

Zhège wèntí kùnrǎo le wǒ hěn jiǔ.

This problem has troubled me for a long time.

外部干会影响比赛结果。

Wàibù gānrǎo huì yǐngxiǎng bǐsài jiéguǒ.

External interference can affect the game result.

网络干导致信号中断。

Wǎngluò gānrǎo dǎozhì xìnhào zhōngduàn.

Network interference caused signal interruption.

持续不断的噪音乱了整个社区的宁静。

Chíxù bùduàn de zàoyīn rǎoluànle zhěnggè shèqū de níngjìng.

The constant noise disturbed the peace of the entire community.