Chinese symbol for “hoot”
叫嚣
jiào xiāo
Traditional: 叫囂
to hoot
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hoot is 叫嚣 (jiào xiāo), defined as: to hoot.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hoot”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸣笛 (鳴笛) | míng dí | to hoot; to whistle |
| 啼 | tí | (bound form) to cry; to weep loudly; (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 叫嚣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 喧嚣 (喧囂) | xuān xiāo | to clamor; to make noise |
| 嚣张 (囂張) | xiāo zhāng | rampant; unbridled |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hoot”.
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.