(xiāo): clamor

(xiāo) is a Chinese character meaning “clamor.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical (mouth). It ranks #3019 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: mouth18 strokesFrequency #3019

Definitions

  1. clamor

Stroke Order

1
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18

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
xiāo zhāngrampant
jiào xiāoto hoot
xuān xiāoto clamor
shèn xiāo chén shàngclamor raises the dust (idiom)
xiāo zhāng qì yàn(idiom) overweening attitude
qì yàn xiāo zhāngsee 囂張氣焰|嚣张气焰[xiao1 zhang1 qi4 yan4]
xiāo zhāng bá hùarrogant and despotic
chén xiāohubbub
8
Total compounds
38
As first character
38
As last character
25
As middle character

appears in 8 compound words: 38 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 25 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

xuān
0.7241,002 co-occurrences
chén
0.613618 co-occurrences
yàn
0.475210 co-occurrences
jiào
0.471558 co-occurrences
zhāng
0.442822 co-occurrences
shèn
0.418432 co-occurrences
nào
0.39530 co-occurrences
sòng
0.36430 co-occurrences
0.357228 co-occurrences
fēn
0.35542 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (3)

qì yàn xiāo zhāngHSK 7+

see 囂張氣焰|嚣张气焰[xiao1 zhang1 qi4 yan4]

phrase
shènxiāochénshàngHSK 7+

to be on everyone's lips

phrase
xiāozhāngbáhùHSK 7+

arrogant and despotic; domineering and aggressive

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

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tā xiāo gān shé zào dì jiǎng le liǎng gè xiǎo shí , zhōng yú shuō fú le dà jiā .

He spoke for two hours, his throat parched, and finally managed to convince everyone.

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shēn shuǐ 埗 nán zǐ jiā tíng jiū fēn jiē tóu jiào xiāo bèi zhì fú gāo hū : 唔 hǎo 揿 yā ! hǎo X tòng yā

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lì tǐng zhǎng 掴 gōng dòu shēng bào lì fáng zhòng qīn yǒu jiào xiāo . . suān mín yāo rén jiā sǐ cái gān yuàn ?

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qiàng jǐng : dài qiāng xiāo zhāng ? bá chū lái a ! tuō xù nán xià chǎng pù

Man who taunted police: "You're acting all tough with your gun? Go ahead and draw it!" The fate of the unruly man revealed

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. . . ! wéi guī qí jī chē hái 1 8 0 dù yā chē huí zhuǎn tái zhōng xiāo zhāng hóu jìng shì xiǎo liù shēng

...! Riding a motorcycle illegally and performing a "180-degree U-turn"—the reckless rider in Taichung turned out to be a sixth-grader

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làn dǎo 蟑 螂 dà zhèn zhàng ! xī hú zhèn cháng nù jiē xiāo zhāng chē duì jiān shì qì chāo qīng xiàn xíng

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Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 嚣 (xiāo) mean in Chinese?
嚣 (xiāo) primarily means "clamor." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3019 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 嚣 have?
嚣 is written with 18 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 嚣?
The radical associated with 嚣 is 口 (mouth). This radical appears in many characters related to mouth.
What are common words containing 嚣?
Common words with 嚣 include: 嚣张 (xiāo zhāng, "rampant"); 叫嚣 (jiào xiāo, "to hoot"); 喧嚣 (xuān xiāo, "to clamor"); 甚嚣尘上 (shèn xiāo chén shàng, "clamor raises the dust (idiom)"); 嚣张气焰 (xiāo zhāng qì yàn, "(idiom) overweening attitude"). There are over 8 compound words containing this character.
Is 嚣 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 嚣 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.