喔 meaning and stroke order
Onomatopoetic, the sound of crowing or crying
How to write 喔, stroke by stroke
12 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 喔
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (interjection) oh; I see (used to indicate realization, understanding)
- (Tw) (sentence-final particle) (used to convey a friendly tone when giving an admonition or correcting sb etc)
- (onom.) cry of a rooster (usu. reduplicated)
- Taiwan pr. [wo4]
How 喔 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 屋 hints at the sound.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 喔
喔 combines 口 (mouth) with 屋 (wū, house), which hints at the sound. Picture a rooster on the roof of a house opening its mouth to crow "wō wō" at dawn.
喔 (ō) is a spoken interjection for "oh, I see" when you suddenly understand something. In Taiwan it is often a sentence-final particle (o) that softens a reminder, as in 要小心喔 (yào xiǎoxīn o), "Be careful, okay." Reduplicated 喔喔 (wōwō) imitates a rooster's crow.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 喔 with 哦 (ó/ò), which also means "oh." 哦 is more common in mainland writing, while 喔 appears a lot in Taiwanese texts and chat. Also keep the 口 on the left. Without it you get 屋 (wū, house).
喔 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 喔
How many strokes are in 喔?
喔 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 喔 mean?
喔 (ō) means onomatopoetic, the sound of crowing or crying.
How do you pronounce 喔?
喔 is pronounced ō, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 喔?
The radical of 喔 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 喔 under this radical.
Is 喔 the same as 噢 or 哦?
They overlap as "oh" interjections. 噢 (ō) and 哦 (ó/ò) are more standard in mainland usage. 喔 carries a Taiwanese flavor, especially as a friendly sentence-final particle.
Does using 喔 at the end of a sentence sound rude?
No. A final 喔 usually makes a warning or correction sound gentle and friendly, like adding "okay" in English. For example, 別忘了喔 (bié wàng le o) means "Don't forget, okay."