吼

吼	U+543C, 吼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543C

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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 Dictionary: 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

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 / 形声, OC *qʰloːʔ, *qʰloːs) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 孔 (OC *kʰloːŋʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): hǒu (hou³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hou³

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ху (hu, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hau³ / haau¹ / hau²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vau²
Gan (Wiktionary): heu³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hô / ho / heu

(Meixian, Guangdong): gêu⁴ / kêu⁴ / hau¹
Jin (Wiktionary): hou²
Northern Min (KCR): ě
Eastern Min (BUC): hāu / hēu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): háu / hó͘ / hió

(Teochew, Peng'im): hao²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵heu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): hou³

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–Hong Kong)
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hô / ho / heu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˊ / 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/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /e²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hāu / hēu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau³³/, /hɛu³³/
Southern Min
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵heu
  - MiniDict: heu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²heu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɤ³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: hou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xəu̯⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: xuwX, xuwH

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
Baxter	xuwX	xuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/həu^X/	/həu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/həu^X/	/həu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xəu^X/	/xəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həw^X/	/həw^H/
Li Rong	/xu^X/	/xu^H/
Wang Li	/xəu^X/	/xəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xə̯u^X/	/xə̯u^H/
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

(of a large animal) to roar
(of people) to shout
(of inanimate objects such as cars) to squeal
(Hokkien, Puxian Min) to cry; to sob; to weep
a surname: Hou

Synonyms

(to cry):

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

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