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Chinese symbol for “roaring”

叫声
jiào shēng
Traditional: 叫聲
yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for roaring is 叫声 (jiào shēng), defined as: yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals).

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

叫 jiào
cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
声 shēng
sound, noise; voice, tone, music
radical 33 ⼠ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “roaring”

WordPinyinMeaning
旺wàngprosperous; flourishing
轰轰 (轟轟)hōng hōngbooming; roaring

Related words

Other words that share a character with 叫声.

WordPinyinMeaning
叫做jiào zuòto be called; to be known as
名叫míng jiàocalled; named
尖叫jiān jiàoto screech; to shriek
呼叫hū jiàoto shout; to yell
叫作jiào zuòto call; to be called
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
声明 (聲明)shēng míngto state; to declare
声称 (聲稱)shēng chēngto claim; to state

See also: Japanese symbol for “roaring”.

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.