嗥

嗥 U+55E5, 嗥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55E5 ← 嗤 [U+55E4] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗦 → [U+55E6]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 𠰘

Han character

嗥 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 口竹日十 (RHAJ), four-corner 6604₃, composition ⿰口皋)

1. roar, call out, wail
2. bark, yelp

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 204, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4133
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 668, character 13
• Unihan data for U+55E5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嗥
alternative forms		噑 嘷 獋 獆 䝥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嗥
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (皐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
臯	*kuː
橰	*kuː
鷱	*kuː
翱	*ŋuː
翺	*ŋuː
噑	*ɡuː
獋	*ɡuː
暭	*ɡuːʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háo (hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háo
    • Wade–Giles: hao²
    • Yale: háu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
    • Palladius: хао (xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hou⁴
    • Yale: hòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: haw

Rime
Character	嗥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡刀切
Baxter	haw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaw/
Li Rong	/ɣɑu/
Wang Li	/ɣɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗥
Reading #	1/1
No.	3790
Phonetic component	皐
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豪
Old Chinese	/*ɡuː/

Definitions

嗥

1. to howl (like a wolf); to wail

Compounds

• 嗥叫
• 狂嗥 (kuángháo)
• 狼嗥
• 狼嗥鬼叫 (lángháoguǐjiào)
• 鬼哭狼嗥 (guǐkūlángháo)

Japanese

Kanji

嗥

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)

Vietnamese

Han character

嗥: Hán Nôm readings: hào

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References

• Nom Foundation