扰

rǎo

r+ǎo·3rd tone

to disturb

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 7

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

扰=扌+尤

Etymology

hand

Meanings

to disturb

rǎo

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Words with 扰 148 total

to disturb · to interfere · perturbation · interference (physics)干扰gān rǎo to disturb · to bother · to trouble打扰dǎ rǎo to harass · to disturb缠扰chán rǎo to bother · to trouble · (polite expression of appreciation for time taken to hear, help or host the speaker) sorry to have bothered you · thank you for your time叨扰tāo rǎo turmoil · unrest · disturbance纷扰fēn rǎo to bother · to disturb · to vex烦扰fán rǎo to invade and harass窜扰cuàn rǎo

Idioms with 扰 8 total Chain

arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war兵戈扰攘bīng gē rǎo rǎng lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom) · fig. to get upset over nothing · to make problems for oneself庸人自扰yōng rén zì rǎo to frighten one another自相惊扰zì xiāng jīng rǎo

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