嚷 (rǎng): to shout, to bellow, to make a big deal of sth

嚷 (rǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to shout.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 襄 (phonetic). It ranks #2200 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 嚷 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).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 口 mouth20 strokesFrequency #2200口 semantic襄 phonetic

Definitions

  1. to shout
  2. to bellow
  3. to make a big deal of sth

Etymology & Origin

嚷

pictophoneticmouth

Decomposition: ⿰口襄 (layout: left-right)

Components:口semantic襄phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
嚷嚷rāng rangto argue noisily
叫嚷jiào rǎngto shout
吵嚷chǎo rǎngto make a racket
吵吵嚷嚷chǎo chǎo rǎng rǎngto make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom)
嚷劈rǎng pīshout oneself hoarse
5
Total compounds
40
As first character
40
As last character
20
As middle character

嚷 appears in 5 compound words: 40 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 20 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 嚷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

喧xuān
0.665354 co-occurrences
吵chǎo
0.607402 co-occurrences
叫jiào
0.495456 co-occurrences
闹nào
0.42930 co-occurrences
著zhù
0.385474 co-occurrences
熙xī
0.385102 co-occurrences
着zhe
0.355156 co-occurrences
乱luàn
0.35248 co-occurrences
声shēng
0.32466 co-occurrences
要yāo
0.315318 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

他嚷干舌燥地讲了两个小时，终于说服了大家。

tā rǎng gān jī zào dì jiǎng le liǎng gě xiǎo shí , zhōng yú shuō fú le dà jiā .

He talked until his voice was hoarse for two hours, finally convincing everyone.

Character Family

口 Radical Family — Characters sharing the mouth radical

啊a哎āi哀āi唉āi叭bā吧ba哺bǔ嘈cáo唱chàng嘲cháo

Related Characters

口kǒu叫jiào右yòu号hào吃chī同tóng名míng后hòu吗ma吧ba

Homophones — Characters pronounced rǎng

壤rǎng攘rǎng让ràng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 嚷 (rǎng) mean in Chinese?
嚷 (rǎng) primarily means "to shout." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2200 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 嚷 and 些?
嚷 (rǎng) and 些 (xiē) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 嚷 (big) vs 些 (small).
How many strokes does 嚷 have?
嚷 is written with 20 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 嚷?
The radical associated with 嚷 is 口 (mouth). This radical appears in many characters related to mouth.
What are the components of 嚷?
嚷 is composed of: 口 (semantic), 襄 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰口襄 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 嚷?
Common words with 嚷 include: 嚷嚷 (rāng rang, "to argue noisily"); 叫嚷 (jiào rǎng, "to shout"); 吵嚷 (chǎo rǎng, "to make a racket"); 吵吵嚷嚷 (chǎo chǎo rǎng rǎng, "to make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom)"); 嚷劈 (rǎng pī, "shout oneself hoarse"). There are over 5 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 嚷 (rǎng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation rǎng: 壤 ((bound form) soil), 攘 ((literary) to push up one's sleeves), 让 (to let, to allow). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 嚷 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 嚷 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.