táo

howl

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'aːw
l̥ʰeːws
Unicodedhɑu

說文解字

楚謂兒泣不止曰噭咷。从口兆聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica