懂中文 Dong Chinese

嘯

xiào

roar

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 肅 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

肅 sound component

肅  Sound component

sù

  

pay respects

Evolution

嘯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嘯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

啸 (嘯) 

xiào

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

Most common words with 嘯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

海啸

tsunami

呼啸

to whistle

啸

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