吼

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7

Pronunciation

Pinyin: hǒu
Cantonese: haau1 hau3
JapaneseKun: HOERU
JapaneseOn: KOU KU
Korean: HWU
Vietnamese: hống

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: roar, shout; bark, howl

CE-Dict: roar or howl of an animal/bellow of rage

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) To roar like a lion; a lion's roar. (2) Yell, scream.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to roar; to howl; to bellow
2.to cry loudly; to yell

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: growl; growlingly; roar; yowl

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: roar; howl

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】吼
【廣韻】呼后切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】許后切，𠀤音㸸。【玉篇】牛鳴也。【增韻】虓聲。【後漢·童恢傳】一虎低頭閉目，狀如震懼，卽時殺之，其一視，恢鳴吼踊躍自奮。【梵書·大智論】辟如獅子，百獸之王，爲小蟲吼，則爲衆所笑。【玉篇】亦作吽。【廣韻】亦作呴。　又【廣韻】呼𠼇切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】許𠋫切，𠀤音蔲。【廣韻】聲也。　又【集韻】【類篇】厚怒聲。本作㖃。○按《玉篇》《廣韻》吼、㖃分載，音義各別。《集韻》《類篇》非。
考證：〔【後漢·童恢傳】一虎低頭閉目，狀如震懼，卽時殺之，其一視，恢鳴吼𠳀躍自奮。〕　謹照原文𠳀躍改踊躍。

藏法數 吼者，雄聲猛烈之謂。吼有三相：一方獨吼名吼，四方俱吼名遍吼，八方齊吼名普遍吼。

Buddhism words and phrases (term) lion's roar

ク
(term) lion's roar

CF-Dict: rugir/mugir/hurler

Han-De-Dict: brüllen, brüllender Schrei (Tier) (u.E.)