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Chinese symbol for “howl”

号
háo
Traditional: 號
(bound form) to wail; to howl

The closest CC-CEDICT match for howl is 号 (háo), defined as: (bound form) to wail; to howl.

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Characters and stroke order

号 háo
mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “howl”

WordPinyinMeaning
吼叫hǒu jiàoto howl; to bellow; to yell
嚎háohowl; bawl
嚎叫háo jiàoto howl; to yell
号叫 (號叫)háo jiàoto howl; to yell
嗥háoto howl (like a wolf)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 号.

WordPinyinMeaning
信号 (信號)xìn hàosignal
号码 (號碼)hào mǎnumber; measure word: 堆 (duī), 个 (gè)
口号 (口號)kǒu hàoslogan; catchphrase
账号 (賬號)zhàng hàoaccount number; account; username
号召 (號召)hào zhàoto call; to appeal
符号 (符號)fú hàosymbol; mark; sign

See also: Japanese symbol for “howl”.

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.