嚎

Translingual

Han character

嚎 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口卜口人 (RYRO), four-corner 6003₂, composition ⿰口豪)

cry loudly, yell, scream

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 212, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4481
Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 697, character 2
Unihan data for U+568E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嚎

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 豪 (OC *ɡaːw).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): háo (hao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô / hô͘ / âu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghau

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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô
  - Tâi-lô: hô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hooi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘
  - Tâi-lô: hôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âu
  - Tâi-lô: âu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: aau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /au²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /au²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /au¹³/

Note:

hô/hô͘ - literary;
âu - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ghau
  - MiniDict: ghau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɔ²³/

Definitions

嚎

(of an animal) to roar; to howl
(of people) to shout
(dialectal) to cry; 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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	哭
	Taiwan	哭
	Harbin	哭, 哭鼻子 humorous
	Malaysia	哭
	Singapore	哭
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	哭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	哭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	哭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	哭
	Wanrong	哭
	Xi'an	哭
	Xining	哭
	Xuzhou	哭
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	哭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	哭, 哭鼻子
	Lanzhou	哭
	Ürümqi	哭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	哭
	Wuhan	哭
	Guiyang	哭
	Guilin	哭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	哭, 哭鼻子 humorous
	Yangzhou	哭
	Hefei	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, Xiangzhou)	喊
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
Jin	Xinzhou	哭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	啼
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	啼
	Songxi	啼
	Zhenghe	啼
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	啼
	Jianyang	啼
	Wuyishan	啼
	Pucheng (Shibei)	啼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	啼, 啼嘛
	Fuzhou (Changle)	啼
	Fuqing	啼
	Yongtai	啼
	Gutian	啼
	Fu'an	嚎
	Ningde	嚎
	Shouning	嚎
	Zhouning	嚎
	Fuding	啼, 哭
	Matsu	啼, 啼嘛
Southern Min	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
Puxian Min	Xianyou	吼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	哭
Southern Pinghua	Binyang	哭
Shehua	Fu'an	叫
	Fuding	叫
	Luoyuan	叫
	Sanming	叫
	Shunchang	叫
	Hua'an	叫
	Guixi (Zhangping)	叫
	Cangnan	叫
	Jingning (Hexi)	叫
	Lishui	叫
	Longyou	叫
	Chaozhou	叫
	Fengshun	叫
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	啼
Waxiang	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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁰ghau

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁰ghau
  - MiniDict: ghau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁰hhau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɔ/

Definitions

嚎 (Shanghainese)

Sentence-final particle used to indicate a rebuting tone.
我嘸沒做錯嚎。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
我呒没做错嚎。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 310
⁶ngu ⁶m-meq ⁵tsu-tshu-ghau [Wugniu]
I didn’t do anything wrong!
Used to indicate surprise.
嚎，伊買得起別墅個啊！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
嚎，伊买得起别墅个啊！ [Shanghainese, simp.]
From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 310
⁰ghau ⁶yi ⁶ma-teq-chi ⁸biq-zy ⁰gheq ⁰a [Wugniu]
Oh, turns out he can afford a villa!

Compounds

References

“嚎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嚎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): かう (kau); ごう (gō)

Korean

Hanja

嚎 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嚎: Hán Nôm readings: hào, gào

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References

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