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騒 さわ.ぐ、うれい、さわ.がしい 騒ぎ(さわぎ): uproar; disturbance騒音(そうおん): noise騒動(そうどう): strife; riot; rebellion; turmoil騒ぐ(さわぐ): (1) to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy (2) to rustle; to swoosh (3) to make merry (4) to clamor; to clamour; to make a fuss; to kick up a fuss (5) to lose one's cool; to panic; to act flustered (6) to feel tense; to be uneasy; to be excited物騒(ぶっそう): dangerous; disturbed; insecure騒々しい(そうぞうしい): noisy; boisterous騒がしい(さわがしい): (1) noisy; boisterous (2) turbulent (era, etc.); troubled S 馬: horse又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand虫: insect; bug; temper 馬 10 騷 boisterous The hidden Greeks inside the Trojan Horse are getting boisterous as one of them is bitten in the crotch by a nasty insect. If they don´t shut up, the Trojans will hear them...

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ソウ boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite 1 1069 18 187 うま・うまへん 形声 Phonetic Or more precisely: the team of horses are getting boisterous because one of them got bitten in the crotch by a horse fly. The kanji also means to roar, make up noise, to kick up a fuss and to make merry. Perhaps it is exactly the etymology behind this kanji. 1985

Kanji	騒
Onyomi	ソウ
Kunyomi	さわ.ぐ、うれい、さわ.がしい
English	boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite
Examples	騒ぎ(さわぎ): uproar; disturbance 騒音(そうおん): noise 騒動(そうどう): strife; riot; rebellion; turmoil 騒ぐ(さわぐ): (1) to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy (2) to rustle; to swoosh (3) to make merry (4) to clamor; to clamour; to make a fuss; to kick up a fuss (5) to lose one's cool; to panic; to act flustered (6) to feel tense; to be uneasy; to be excited 物騒(ぶっそう): dangerous; disturbed; insecure 騒々しい(そうぞうしい): noisy; boisterous 騒がしい(さわがしい): (1) noisy; boisterous (2) turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1069
Components	馬: horse 又: or again; furthermore; on the other hand 虫: insect; bug; temper
Number of Strokes	18
Kanji Radical	馬
Radical Number	187
Radical Strokes	10
Radical Reading	うま・うまへん
Traditional Form	騷
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	boisterous
Koohii Story 1	Or more precisely: the team of horses are getting boisterous because one of them got bitten in the crotch by a horse fly. The kanji also means to roar, make up noise, to kick up a fuss and to make merry. Perhaps it is exactly the etymology behind this kanji.
Koohii Story 2	The hidden Greeks inside the Trojan Horse are getting boisterous as one of them is bitten in the crotch by a nasty insect. If they don´t shut up, the Trojans will hear them...
RTK Index	1985

Make Boisterous Horse Noise Kick Fuss Noisy Bitten