吼 — Chinese character
吼
hǒu
to roar, to shout; to bark, to howl
- Pinyin
- hǒu
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 口 孔
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 孔
- Japanese
- 吼 as a kanji
Common words with 吼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怒吼 | nù hǒu | to bellow; to rave |
| 吼叫 | hǒu jiào | to howl; to bellow; to yell |
| 吼声 (吼聲) | hǒu shēng | roar |
| 嘶吼 | sī hǒu | to yell; to shout |
| 急吼吼 | jí hǒu hǒu | impatient |
English words written with 吼
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.