xiào
roar
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 肃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嘯.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 啸
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
tsunami | ||
to whistle | ||
to hiss | ||
Wang Xiaofeng (1944-), fourth governor of Hainan | ||
Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生 |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2301st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+5578 |
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