rǎo

to disturb

hand (扌) + phonetic (尤) = to disturb

The hand radical grounds the meaning in physical interference — a hand reaching in and disrupting. 尤 mainly contributes the sound rǎo and does not add meaning here.

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请不要打我,我在工作。

qǐng bù yào dǎ rǎo wǒ,wǒ zài gōng zuò。

Please don't disturb me, I am working.

深夜的噪音一直在乱大家的睡眠。

shēn yè de zào yīn yī zhí zài rǎo luàn dà jiā de shuì mián。

The late-night noise has been constantly disturbing everyone's sleep.

Words with 扰

阻扰

zǔ rǎo

to obstruct

电磁干扰

diàn cí gān rǎo

electromagnetic interference

驯扰

xùn rǎo

to tame

骚扰

sāo rǎo

to disturb

骚扰客蚤

sāo rǎo kè zǎo

Xenopsylla vexabilis

惊扰

jīng rǎo

to alarm

不胜其扰

bù shèng qí rǎo

unable to put up with (sth) any longer

侵扰

qīn rǎo

to invade and harass

兵戈扰攘

bīng gē rǎo rǎng

arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war

叨扰

tāo rǎo

to bother

喧扰

xuān rǎo

to disturb by noise

非微扰

fēi wēi rǎo

non-perturbative (physics)

More characters with 扌