吼

吼

吼 U+543C, 吼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543C ← 吻 [U+543B] CJK Unified Ideographs 吽 → [U+543D]

Translingual

Han character

吼 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口弓木山 (RNDU), four-corner 6201₀, composition ⿰口孔)

References

• KangXi: page 180, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3377
• Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 596, character 7
• Unihan data for U+543C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		吼
alternative forms		吽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
吼	*qʰloːʔ, *qʰloːs
孔	*kʰloːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰloːʔ, *qʰloːs) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 孔 (OC *kʰloːŋʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hǒu (hou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): hou³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ху (hu, II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): hau³, haau¹, hau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vau²

• Gan (Wiktionary): heu³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hô / ho / heu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gêu⁴ / kêu⁴ / hau¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): hou²
• Min Bei (KCR): ě
• Min Dong (BUC): hāu / hēu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): háu / hó͘ / hió

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao²

• Wu (Wiktionary): heu (T2)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): hou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hou³
    • Yale: hǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoou
    • Palladius: хоу (xou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hou³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xəu⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ху (hu, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xou⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau³, haau¹, hau²
    • Yale: hau, hāau, háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau³, haau¹, hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo³, hao¹, heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³³/, /haːu̯⁵⁵/, /hɐu̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vau⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: heu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛu²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hô / ho / heu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho´ / ho / heu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho¹ / ho⁴ / heu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ho²⁴/, /ho⁵⁵/, /heu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gêu⁴ / kêu⁴ / hau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /keu⁵³/, /kʰeu⁵³/, /hau⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hou²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəu⁵³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /e²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hāu / hēu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau³³/, /hɛu³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: háu
    • Tâi-lô: háu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hió
    • Tâi-lô: hió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• háu - vernacular;
• hó͘/hió - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: háu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: heu (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɜ³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: hou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xəu⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /həu^X/, /həu^H/

Rime
Character	吼	吼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼后切	呼漏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/həuX/	/həuH/
Pan Wuyun	/həuX/	/həuH/
Shao Rongfen	/xəuX/	/xəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həwX/	/həwH/
Li Rong	/xuX/	/xuH/
Wang Li	/xəuX/	/xəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xə̯uX/	/xə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǒu	hòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau2	hau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰloːʔ/, /*qʰloːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吼	吼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7487	7488
Phonetic component	孔	孔
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	吼	蔻
Old Chinese	/*qʰloːʔ/	/*qʰloːs/

Definitions

吼

1. (of a large animal) to roar
2. (of people) to shout
3. (of inanimate objects such as cars) to squeal
4. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) to cry; to sob; to weep

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 哭 (“to cry; to weep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		泣, 哭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		哭, 哭泣
Mandarin	Beijing	哭
	Taiwan	哭
	Harbin	哭, 哭鼻子 humorous
	Yantai (Muping)	哭
	Jinan	哭
	Luoyang	哭
	Wanrong	哭
	Xi'an	哭
	Yinchuan	哭, 哭鼻子
	Lanzhou	哭
	Xining	哭
	Ürümqi	哭
	Wuhan	哭
	Chengdu	哭
	Guiyang	哭
	Guilin	哭
	Xuzhou	哭
	Yangzhou	哭
	Nanjing	哭, 哭鼻子 humorous
	Hefei	哭
	Malaysia	哭
	Singapore	哭
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	哭
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	哭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喊
	Hong Kong	喊
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	哭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	哭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	哭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	哭
	Macau	喊
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	喊
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	叫
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	哭
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	哭
	Foshan	喊
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	喊
	Foshan (Shunde)	喊
	Foshan (Sanshui)	喊
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	喊
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	喊
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	哭
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	哭
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	哭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	哭
	Taishan	哭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	哭
	Enping (Niujiang)	哭
	Heshan (Yayao)	哭
	Dongguan	哭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	哭, 喊
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	哭
	Yangjiang	哭
	Nanning	哭
	Beihai	哭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	哭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	哭
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	哭
	Danzhou	哭
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	喊
	Penang (Guangfu)	喊
	Singapore (Guangfu)	喊
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	喊
	Móng Cái	哭
Gan	Nanchang	哭, 叫
	Lichuan	啼
	Pingxiang	哭
Hakka	Meixian	叫, 叫眵, 叫嘴
	Xingning	叫
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	哭
	Huiyang	叫
	Huidong (Daling)	叫
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	叫
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	叫
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	叫
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	叫
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	叫
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	叫, 叫嘴
	Wuhua (Changbu)	叫, 叫嘴
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	叫, 叫嘴
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	哭
	Wengyuan	叫
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	叫嘴
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	叫
	Liannan	叫
	Conghua (Lütian)	叫
	Jiexi	叫
	Luhe	叫
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	唩
	Changting	唩
	Wuping	叫嘴
	Wuping (Yanqian)	唩
	Wuping (Pingyu)	叫
	Liancheng	唩
	Ninghua	唩
	Yudu	叫
	Ningdu	唩
	Ruijin	叫
	Shicheng	唩
	Shangyou (Shexi)	叫
	Tonggu (Sandu)	叫嘴
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	叫
	Dayu	叫
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	叫, 叫眵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	叫, 叫眵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	叫, 叫眵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	叫, 叫眵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唩, 唩眵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唩
	Hong Kong	叫
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	叫
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	叫
	Xinyi (Sihe)	叫
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	叫
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	叫, 喊
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	叫
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	叫
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	叫
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	叫
	Mengshan (Xihe)	叫
	Luchuan	叫
	Sabah (Bao'an)	叫
	Sabah (Longchuan)	叫, 叫嘴
	Senai (Huiyang)	叫
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	叫
	Singkawang	叫
Huizhou	Jixi	嚎
Jin	Taiyuan	哭
	Xinzhou	哭
Min Bei	Jian'ou	啼
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	啼
	Songxi	啼
	Zhenghe	啼
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	啼
	Jianyang	啼
	Wuyishan	啼
	Pucheng (Shibei)	啼
Min Dong	Fuzhou	啼, 啼嘛
	Changle	啼
	Fuqing	啼
	Yongtai	啼
	Gutian	啼
	Fu'an	嚎
	Ningde	嚎
	Shouning	嚎
	Zhouning	嚎
	Fuding	啼, 哭
	Matsu	啼, 啼嘛
Min Nan	Xiamen	吼, 哭
	Quanzhou	吼, 哭
	Yongchun	吼
	Zhangzhou	吼, 哭
	Taipei	吼, 哭
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	吼, 哭
	Kaohsiung	吼, 哭
	Yilan	吼, 哭
	Changhua (Lukang)	吼, 哭
	Taichung	哭, 吼
	Taichung (Wuqi)	哭
	Tainan	吼, 哭
	Taitung	吼
	Hsinchu	哭, 吼
	Kinmen	吼
	Penghu (Magong)	哭, 吼
	Penang (Hokkien)	吼
	Singapore (Hokkien)	哭, 吼
	Manila (Hokkien)	吼, 哭
	Longyan	啼
	Zhangping	啼
	Datian	哭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	吼
	Chaozhou	哭
	Raoping	哭
	Shantou	哭
	Jieyang	哭
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	哭
	Singapore (Teochew)	哭
	Leizhou	哭
	Wenchang	哭
	Haikou	啼
	Singapore (Hainanese)	哭
Puxian Min	Putian	吼
	Xianyou	吼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	哭
	Binyang	哭
Shehua	Fu'an	叫
	Fuding	叫
	Luoyuan	叫
	Sanming	叫
	Shunchang	叫
	Hua'an	叫
	Guixi (Zhangping)	叫
	Cangnan	叫
	Jingning	叫
	Lishui	叫
	Longyou	叫
	Chaozhou	叫
	Fengshun	叫
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	啼
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	啼
Wu	Shanghai	哭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	哭
	Suzhou	哭
	Wuxi	哭
	Danyang	哭
	Hangzhou	哭
	Ningbo	哭
	Wenzhou	哭
	Jinhua	哭
Xiang	Changsha	哭
	Loudi	哭
	Shuangfeng	哭
	Quanzhou	哭

Compounds

一牛吼地 叫吼 吼叫 (hǒujiào) 吼怒 (hǒunù) 吼猴 (hǒuhóu) 吼猿 哮吼 (xiàohǒu)

嘶吼 大吼 怒吼 (nùhǒu) 急吼吼 厲吼／厉吼 吼聲／吼声 (hǒushēng)

吼鶴／吼鹤 戇吼吼／戆吼吼 河東獅吼／河东狮吼 (hédōng-shīhǒu) 浪吼風號／浪吼风号 獅子吼／狮子吼 龜吼／龟吼 (Guīhǒu)

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Japanese

Kanji

吼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. howl, roar, cry, bark

Compounds

Compounds

• 吼(ほ)える (hoeru): howl, bark
• 咆(ほう)吼(こう) (hōkō): a howl, a roar (alternative to 咆哮)
• 獅(し)子(し)吼(く) (shishiku): lion's roar
• 吼(ほ)え声(ごえ) (hoegoe): a bark, a howl

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); く (ku)
• Kun: ほえる (hoeru, 吼える)

Derived terms

• 吼(ほ)える (hoeru)

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Korean

Hanja

吼 (eum 후 (hu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

吼: Hán Nôm readings: hống, hổng, khỏng, rống

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