哗 (huā): (onom.) bang, clang, sound of gurgling, splashing or flowing water
哗 (huā) is a Chinese character meaning “(onom.) bang.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 华 (phonetic). It ranks #2402 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 哗 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- (onom.) bang
- clang
- sound of gurgling, splashing or flowing water
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哗众取宠 | huá zhòng qǔ chǒng | sensationalism |
| 喧哗 | xuān huá | hubbub |
| 哗啦 | huā lā | (onom.) sound of a crash |
| 哗哗 | huā huā | sound of gurgling water |
| 哗然 | huá rán | in uproar |
| 哗啦啦 | huā lā lā | (onom.) crashing sound |
| 哗变 | huá biàn | mutiny |
| 哗啦一声 | huā lā yī shēng | with a crash |
| 哗儿哗儿 | huá r huá r | (dialect) sound used to call cats |
| 稀里哗啦 | xī li huā lā | (onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc) |
| 唏里哗啦 | xī li huā lā | variant of 稀里嘩啦|稀里哗啦[xi1 li5 hua1 la1] |
| 哗笑 | huá xiào | uproarious laughter |
| 喧哗与骚动 | xuān huá yǔ sāo dòng | The Sound and the Fury (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[Wei1 lian2 · Fu2 ke4 na4]) |
| 稀哩哗啦 | xī li huā lā | variant of 稀里嘩啦|稀里哗啦[xi1 li5 hua1 la1] |
| 唏哩哗啦 | xī li huā lā | variant of 稀里嘩啦|稀里哗啦[xi1 li5 hua1 la1] |
哗 appears in 15 compound words: 60 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 哗 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Showing 1 of 2 idioms containing 哗.
Example Sentences
他哗才很好，能言善辩，是个出色的律师。
tā huā cái hěn hǎo , néng yán shàn biàn , shì gě chū sè de lǜ shī .
He's very eloquent, a skilled debater, and an outstanding lawyer.
桃猿3球员深夜喧哗惹议 球团罚款惩处并严正告诫
táo 猿 3 qiú yuán shēn yè xuān huā rě yì qiú tuán fá kuǎn chéng chǔ bìng yán zhèng gào jiè
Character Family
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