Chinese symbol for “roar”
吼
hǒu
to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for roar is 吼 (hǒu), defined as: to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “roar”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咆哮 | páo xiào | (of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar |
| 吼声 (吼聲) | hǒu shēng | roar |
| 咆 | páo | to roar |
| 哄 | hōng | roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub |
| 呼嚎 | hū háo | to roar (of animals); to wail |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “roar”.
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.