xiāoxiào

cough

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

孝 sound component

  Sound component

xiào

  

filial piety

Evolution

哮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
哮 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
哮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiāo

cough; pant; roar

 

xiào

bark (of animals); Taiwan pr. [xiāo]

Most common words with 哮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

哮喘

asthma

咆哮

to roar

pant

哮喘病

asthma

哮鸣

wheezing