嚎

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howl; bawl

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 豪 sound ( háo )

Components 口豪

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
鬼哭狼嚎	guǐ kū láng háo	(idiom) to wail and scream loudly
干嚎	gān háo	to cry out loud without tears
呼嚎	hū háo	to roar (of animals); to wail; to cry out in distress; see also 呼號\|呼号[hu1 hao2]
嚎啕大哭	háo táo dà kū	(idiom) to wail; to bawl
嚎叫	háo jiào	to howl; to yell
哀嚎	āi háo	to wail; to cry piteously; (of a wild animal) to howl
嚎哭	háo kū	to bawl; to cry; to wail; to howl; also written 號哭\|号哭[hao2 ku1]
嚎啕	háo táo	to cry loudly; to wail

Characters sharing the sound component 豪 — compare how they read.