嚎啕 háotáo wail Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 嚎 háo cry loudly Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 豪 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 豪 豪 Sound component háo brave Sources Readings & variants Unicode 啕 táo wail 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