嚎

嚎 U+568E, 嚎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-568E ← 嚍 [U+568D] CJK Unified Ideographs 嚏 → [U+568F]

Translingual

Han character

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

1. 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

Probably related to 呼 (OC *qʰaː, “to exhale, shout”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háo (hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ

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

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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/
• 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

1. (of an animal) to roar; to howl
2. (of people) to shout
3. (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
	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
	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 (Hexi)	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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁰ghau

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

Definitions

嚎 (Shanghainese)

1. Sentence-final particle used to indicate a rebuting tone.
   • 2007, 钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong], 上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn], 上海辞书出版社, page 310:

     我嘸沒做錯嚎。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     我呒没做错嚎。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     ⁶ngu ⁶m-meq ⁵tsu-tshu-ghau [Wugniu]

     I didn’t do anything wrong!

2. Used to indicate surprise.
   • 2007, 钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong], 上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn], 上海辞书出版社, page 310:

     嚎，伊買得起別墅個啊！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
     嚎，伊买得起别墅个啊！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

     ⁰ghau ⁶yi ⁶ma-teq-chi ⁸biq-zy ⁰gheq ⁰a [Wugniu]

     Oh, turns out he can afford a villa!

Compounds

• 乾嚎 / 干嚎 (gānháo)
• 喪聲嚎氣 / 丧声嚎气
• 嚎咷 (háotáo)
• 嚎啕 (háotáo)
• 嚎啕大哭
• 嚎啕痛哭
• 嚎喪 / 嚎丧
• 嚎天動地 / 嚎天动地
• 嚎天喊地
• 悲嚎
• 神嚎鬼哭
• 鬼哭狼嚎 (guǐkūlángháo)
• 鬼哭神嚎

References

• “嚎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 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

• Nom Foundation