扰

to disturb

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,679 U+6270

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 尤 (phonetic, yóu)

components: 扌尤

harass · Heisig RSH #1848

fingers + Frankenpooch

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尤

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尤 (yóu) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
尤 sound component	yóu	especially, particularly
优	yōu	superior; elegant
忧	yōu	sad, grieving; melancholy, grief
犹	yóu	similar to, just like, as
疣	yóu	wart, tumor, papule, goiter
鱿	yóu	cuttlefish

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
自相惊扰	zì xiāng jīng rǎo	to frighten one another
扰流板	rǎo liú bǎn	spoiler (automotive or aeronautical)
不胜其扰	bù shèng qí rǎo	unable to put up with (sth) any longer
电磁干扰	diàn cí gān rǎo	electromagnetic interference
干扰素	gān rǎo sù	interferon
打扰了	dǎ rǎo le	sorry to interrupt you, but ...; sorry to have bothered you; sorry, I have to go; (slang) …
微扰展开	wēi rǎo zhǎn kāi	perturbative expansion (physics)
非微扰	fēi wēi rǎo	non-perturbative (physics)
微扰论	wēi rǎo lùn	perturbation theory
扰动	rǎo dòng	to disturb; to stir up; disturbance; agitation; turmoil
打扰	dǎ rǎo	to disturb; to bother; to trouble
扰民	rǎo mín	(of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult
射频干扰	shè pín gān rǎo	radio interference; RF interference
干扰	gān rǎo	to disturb; to interfere; perturbation; interference (physics)
庸人自扰	yōng rén zì rǎo	lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom); fig. to get upset over nothing; to…
微扰	wēi rǎo	infinitesimal disturbance; perturbation (physics)
扰乱	rǎo luàn	to disturb; to perturb; to harass
惊扰	jīng rǎo	to alarm; to agitate
性骚扰	xìng sāo rǎo	sexual harassment
请勿打扰	qǐng wù dǎ rǎo	please do not disturb