嗷 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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áo

loud clamor

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

敖 Sound component

áo, aó

ramble, stroll, roam

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

áo

loud clamor; sound of wailing; the sound of wailing

Most common words with 嗷

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	嗷	loud clamor
	嗷嗷待哺	cry piteously for food

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.7230% of movies

2644th most common character in movies

4104th most common character in books

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