嗷
áo

loud clamor

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
敖
敖 Sound component
áo, aó, ào ramble, stroll, roam

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaːw
Unicodengɑu

說文解字

眾口愁也。从口敖聲。《詩》曰：“哀鳴嗷嗷。”

Sources

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