áo

loud clamor

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

敖 sound component

  Sound component

áo

  

ramble, stroll, roam

Evolution

嗷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

áo

loud clamor; sound of wailing; the sound of wailing

Most common words with 嗷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

loud clamor

嗷嗷待哺

cry piteously for food