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哮 meaning and stroke order

xiāo

To cough; to pant; to roar

10 strokesRadical 口
Strokes10
Pinyinxiāo
ToneTone 1
Frequency#2,880
Printable worksheet

How to write 哮, stroke by stroke

10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 哮

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

xiàofourth tone (falling)
  1. pant
  2. roar
  3. bark (of animals)
  4. Taiwan pr. [xiao1]

How 哮 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.

kǒumouth+xiàofilial piety

口 gives the meaning and 孝 hints at the sound.

Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.

How to remember 哮

哮 combines 口 (mouth) with 孝 (xiào), which gives the sound. Picture a mouth making loud, heavy noises like roaring or wheezing.

哮 almost never appears alone. It shows up in 咆哮 (páoxiào, to roar or rage) and 哮喘 (xiàochuǎn, asthma). Example: 他从小就有哮喘。(Tā cóng xiǎo jiù yǒu xiàochuǎn.) He has had asthma since childhood.

Common mistake: Learners often confuse 哮 with 孝 (xiào, filial piety) because they sound alike. Remember that 哮 has the 口 mouth on the left because it is about sounds from the mouth.

Common words with 哮

Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.

WordPinyinMeaningLevel
咆哮páoxiào(of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar
哮喘xiàochuǎnasthma

哮 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ哮xiāo喘chuǎn发fā作zuò了le。
I had an asthma attack.
他tā有yǒu哮xiāo喘chuǎn。
He has asthma.
我wǒ有yǒu哮xiāo喘chuǎn。
I have asthma.
狗gǒu对duì著zhù这zhè个ge陌mò生shēng男nán子zi咆páo哮xiāo。
The dog growled at the strange man.
这zhè只zhǐ狗gǒu对duì著zhù一yí个gè小xiǎo男nán孩hái咆páo哮xiāo。
The dog growled at a little boy.

Questions about 哮

How many strokes are in 哮?

哮 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 哮 mean?

哮 (xiāo) means to cough; to pant; to roar. A common word with it is 咆哮 (páoxiào), meaning "(of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar".

How do you pronounce 哮?

哮 is pronounced xiāo, in the first tone (high and level).

What is the radical of 哮?

The radical of 哮 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 哮 under this radical.

Is 哮 pronounced xiāo or xiào?

In mainland standard Mandarin it is xiào, fourth tone, as in 咆哮 (páoxiào) and 哮喘 (xiàochuǎn). The first tone xiāo is the Taiwan pronunciation.

Can 咆哮 describe a person, not just an animal?

Yes. 咆哮 can describe a person shouting in anger, as in 他对我咆哮 (tā duì wǒ páoxiào, he roared at me). It can also describe rushing water or strong wind.