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Kanji for Noisy
The kanji most commonly used for "Noisy" are 騒、喧、嘩.
騒
Kanji that mean Noisy
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騒
to make noise
Also associated with sorrow, poetry.
Onyomi: soh Kunyomi: sawa.gu, sawaga.shii, urei 18 strokes Jōyō
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喧
noisy
Also associated with prosperous, annoying.
Onyomi: ken Kunyomi: kamabisu.shii, yakama.shii 12 strokes Jinmeiyō
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嘩
noisy
Also associated with annoying, boisterous.
Onyomi: ka, ke Kunyomi: kamabisu.shii 13 strokes Jinmeiyō
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騷
disturb, noisy
Also associated with poetry.
Onyomi: soh Kunyomi: sawa.gu, sawaga.shii, urei 20 strokes Jinmeiyō
騒 (traditional form 騷) is the character for noise in ordinary Japanese. It gives 騒音 (noise, usually the unwanted kind), 騒動 (an uproar, a commotion) and the verb 騒ぐ, to make a racket. If you want one character meaning noisy, this is the one.
喧 and 嘩 are the two halves of 喧嘩, kenka — a word that in modern Japanese means a quarrel or a fistfight rather than mere loudness. Both share the kun reading kamabisushii, clamorous, and neither is used on its own in current writing. 喧 survives mainly in 喧騒, the din of a crowd or a city street.
So the real split is between sound and conflict. 騒 describes a level of noise and can be neutral: a crowd, a street, a restless child. 喧 and 嘩 describe people shouting at each other, and they carry that argumentative sense with them even when they appear alone.
Words using Noisy kanji
Everyday Japanese vocabulary built from the characters above.
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騒ぎ
さわぎ
uproar; disturbance
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口喧嘩
くちげんか
quarrel; dispute; argument
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騒音
そうおん
noise; din
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喧しい
やかましい
noisy; loud; clamorous
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騒動
そうどう
riot; rebellion; turmoil
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大騒ぎ
おおさわぎ
clamour; clamor; uproar
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騒ぐ
さわぐ
to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy
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騒乱
そうらん
disturbance; riot; mayhem
Before you use Noisy kanji
None of these is flattering. 騒 reads as noise or commotion, and 物騒 even means dangerous or unsettling. 喧 and 嘩 are read together as 喧嘩, a fight, so either alone suggests brawling rather than liveliness. If you want lively rather than loud, 賑 is the character.