諠 meaning and stroke order
Noisy, uproarious; to forget
How to write 諠, stroke by stroke
16 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 諠
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- variant of 喧[xuan1]
- old variant of 諼|谖[xuan1]
How 諠 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Speech.
言 gives the meaning and 宣 hints at the sound.
Radical: 言 (words), shared by 155 characters on this site.
How to remember 諠
諠 combines 言 (speech) with 宣 (xuān, to announce), which also gives the sound. Picture many people announcing things out loud at once, and you get noise and uproar.
諠 is rare today and mostly appears in older or classical texts as a variant of 喧 (xuān, noisy). In modern writing you will almost always see 喧 instead, as in 喧哗 (xuānhuá, to make a racket): 请勿喧哗 (qǐng wù xuānhuá, please keep quiet).
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 諠 when modern Chinese expects 喧, which uses the mouth radical 口 rather than 言. Also do not confuse it with 谖 (xuān, to forget). 諠 only carried that meaning as an old variant.
Questions about 諠
How many strokes are in 諠?
諠 is written with 16 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 諠 mean?
諠 (xuān) means noisy, uproarious; to forget.
How do you pronounce 諠?
諠 is pronounced xuān, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 諠?
The radical of 諠 is 言, which carries the idea of "words". Dictionaries list 諠 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 諠?
諠 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 喧, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Why does 諠 mean both noisy and to forget?
The dictionary data lists it as a variant of 喧 (noisy) and as an old variant of 諼/谖 (to forget). Two different words with the same sound came to share this written form.
Should I use 諠 in everyday writing?
No. For noisy, write 喧, as in 喧闹 (xuānnào). For to forget, the standard simplified form is 谖, which is itself literary. 諠 is mainly useful for reading older texts.