Unicode: U+5578

Pinyin: xiào

Definition

* 撮口作声,打口哨。 ~歌(吟咏)。~傲。~聚(互相招呼,聚集成集,如"~~山林")。呼~。仰天长~。 * 动物拉长声叫。 虎~。猿~。 * 自然界发出的声音。 北风呼~。海~。 * 飞机或子弹掠过时发出的声音。 飞机尖~着冲上蓝天。炮弹呼~而过

roar, howl, scream; whistle

Structure

啸 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_562F28_E0F7
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
81_E82081_E82181_E82281_E82381_E82481_E82581_E826

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC