嘯 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xiào

roar

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

肅 Sound component

sù

pay respects

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

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

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*sˤiw(k)-s	sewH	xiào	to wail

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2301st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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