Chinese symbol for “growl”

嗥叫

háo jiào

to growl; to howl

The closest CC-CEDICT match for growl is 嗥叫 (háo jiào), defined as: to growl; to howl.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

嗥 háo

to call out; to roar, to bark; to wail; to yelp

radical 30 ⼝ · 13 strokes

叫 jiào

cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail

radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “growl”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
啀 (嘊)	ái	to growl (of dog); to bare fangs
鬫	kàn	variant of 阚 (kàn); to roar
㘎 (㘚)	hǎn	(literary) (of a tiger) to growl; to roar

Related words

Other words that share a character with 嗥叫.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
狼嗥	láng háo	wolves howling; (fig.) to howl
叫做	jiào zuò	to be called; to be known as
名叫	míng jiào	called; named
尖叫	jiān jiào	to screech; to shriek
叫声 (叫聲)	jiào shēng	yelling (sound made by person); barking
呼叫	hū jiào	to shout; to yell
叫作	jiào zuò	to call; to be called

See also: Japanese symbol for “growl”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.