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吼

吼

吼 U+543C, 吼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543C
← 吻
[U+543B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 吽 →
[U+543D]

Translingual

Han character

吼 (radical 30 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口弓木山 (RNDU), four-corner 62010, composition ⿰口孔)

References

  • KangXi: page 180, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3377
  • Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 596, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+543C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 吼
alt. forms 吽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (孔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
吼 *qʰloːʔ, *qʰloːs
孔 *kʰloːŋʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 吼 吼
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 呼后切 呼漏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /həuX/ /həuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /həuX/ /həuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xəuX/ /xəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /həwX/ /həwH/
Li
Rong		 /xuX/ /xuH/
Wang
Li		 /xəuX/ /xəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xə̯uX/ /xə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 hǒu hòu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 吼 吼
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7487 7488
Phonetic
component		 孔 孔
Rime
group		 侯 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 吼 蔻
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰloːʔ/ /*qʰloːs/

Verb

吼

  1. (of a large animal) to roar
  2. (of people) to shout
  3. (of inanimate objects such as cars) to squeal

References

Japanese

Kanji

吼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

吼 • ‎(hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune-Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

吼 (hống, hổng, khỏng, rống)

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