啕 táo wail Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 匋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 咷. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 匋 匋 Sound component táo, yáo pottery Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangl'uː Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang