啸叫
xiào​jiào

screech

啸 xiào roar Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 肃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嘯.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
肃
肃 Sound component
sù pay respects

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

叫 jiào cry

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 丩 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
丩
丩 Sound component
jiū join

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkewHkˤewk-s shout

說文解字

《說文》：“叫，嘑也。从口，丩聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

嘯 xiào roar Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 肅 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
肅
肅 Sound component
sù pay respects

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsewHsˤiw(k)-sto wail
Zhengzhangsɯːwɢs
Unicodesèu

說文解字

吹聲也。从口肅聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)