Chinese Character 吼 Meanings and components.

Form

吼

Meaning

吼 meaning[3] in English

To Roar.

To Howl.

To Shriek.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and surname Kong (孔)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RNDU

How to write 吼

To write吼hou3to roar you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 孔kong3surname Kong arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 孔 = 吼

吼 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 吼 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 吼, looks as follow:

吼
Pinyin:hou3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Roar . To Howl . To Shriek . Roar Or Howl Of An Animal . Bellow Of Rage
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
孔
Pinyin:kong3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Kong
子
Pinyin:zi5
Meaning[3]: Son . Child . Seed . Egg . Small Thing . 1st Earthly Branch: 11 P.M.-1 A.M., Midnight, 11th Solar Month (7th December To 5th January), Year Of The Rat . Viscount, Fourth Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 0° (North)
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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