háo

roar

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

mouth

皋 sound component

  Sound component

gāo

  

the high land along a river

Evolution

嗥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嗥 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
嗥 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

háo

roar, call out, wail; bark, yelp; to howl (like a wolf)

() 

háo

variant of [háo]

() 

háo

old variant of [háo]

Most common words with 嗥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to howl (like a wolf)

狼嗥

wolves howling

鬼哭狼嗥

to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)