啸

嘯
xiào
#2,296 most
frequent character
(of people) to whistle

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

啸 pairs 口 mouth with 肃 sù, which supplies the sound. The mouth gives the first sense, 'to whistle'. From whistling came 'to hiss' and then 'to scream, roar'.

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Homophones

效xiào
effect, efficacy, to imitate
校xiào
(bound form) school, college

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