吵
chǎo · HSK 3
to quarrel; to make a noise
👄 吵 = 口 (mouth) + 少 (few/little) — many mouths, little quiet
The 口 radical marks speech sounds; 少 gives the chǎo reading. Together: mouths making noise — to clamor, quarrel, or shout for something.
吵 — mouth 口 + few/small 少
吵 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The mouth radical 口 signals meaning related to speech or sound, while 少 (shǎo) provides the phonetic cue. Together they suggest noisy chatter, hence the modern senses 'noisy,' 'to quarrel,' or 'to disturb.'