xiào

roar

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

肃 sound component

  Sound component

  

pay respects

Evolution

啸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
啸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
啸 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
啸 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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xiào

roar, howl, scream; whistle; to hiss; to whistle

Most common words with 啸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

海啸

tsunami

呼啸

to whistle

to hiss

汪啸风

Wang Xiaofeng (1944-), fourth governor of Hainan

奚啸伯

Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生