喔

wō
#2,854 most
frequent character
(onom.) cry of a rooster (usu. reduplicated)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

喔 uses 口 mouth for meaning and 屋 wū for sound. It first stood for a rooster's crow. The meaning grew to a surprise particle, and the reading ō is an exclamation, 'Oh!'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

喔ō
(interjection) oh
喔o
(Tw) (sentence-final particle) (used to convey a friendly tone when giving an admonition or correcting sb etc)

Homophones

HSK 6
窝wō
nest, pit or hollow on the human body

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