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吼 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
コウ・クこう・く · kō · ku
Kun
ほ.えるho.eru
Meaning
to roar

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 孔 as phonetic: a beast roaring aloud.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 獅子吼ししく

    a lion's roar; a powerful speech

  • 吼えるほえる

    to roar; to howl

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

壇上(だんじょう)の獅子吼(ししく)に聴衆(ちょうしゅう)が沸(わ)いた。

The audience was roused by the thundering speech.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

獅子吼獅子吼吼子child獅lion叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!于in孒mosqui…亢high伉to mat…扛to lif…
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Compound

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