嘯

See also: 啸 and 嘨

Translingual

Han character

嘯 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口中難 (RLX), four-corner 6502₇, composition ⿰口肅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 206, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4246
• Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 694, character 11
• Unihan data for U+562F

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Chinese

trad.		嘯
simp.		啸
alternative forms		嘨

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
簫	*sɯːw
蕭	*sɯːw
瀟	*sɯːw
潚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
彇	*sɯːw
蟰	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
橚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
嘯	*sɯːwɢs
歗	*sɯːwɢs
熽	*sɯːwɢs
繡	*sɯwɢs
鏽	*sɯwɢs
肅	*sɯwɢ
鷫	*sɯwɢ
驌	*sɯwɢ
鱐	*sɯwɢ
璛	*sɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiào (xiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siào
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴
    • Yale: syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaw
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu³
    • Yale: siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu
    • Tâi-lô: siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sewH

Rime
Character	嘯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇弔切
Baxter	sewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seuH/
Pan Wuyun	/seuH/
Shao Rongfen	/seuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛwH/
Li Rong	/seuH/
Wang Li	/sieuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sˤiw(k)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嘯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiào
Middle Chinese	‹ sewH ›
Old Chinese	/*sˁiw(k)-s/
English	to wail
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘯
Reading #	1/1
No.	12120
Phonetic component	肅
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嘯
Old Chinese	/*sɯːwɢs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嘯

1. roar, scream, howl
2. hiss
3. whistle

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Japanese

Kanji

嘯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to whistle

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: うそ (uso, 嘯)、うそふき (usofuki, 嘯)、うそぶ (usobu, 嘯ぶ)、うそぶく (usobuku, 嘯く)、うそぶき (usobuki, 嘯)、うそぶき (usobuki, 嘯き)、うそむ (usomu, 嘯む)、うそむく (usomuku, 嘯く)、ふく (fuku, 嘯く)

Compounds

Compounds

• 嘯吹(うそふき) (usofuki): the clownish “whistling” mask used in 狂言 (kyōgen, “a farce performed between noh plays”, literally “crazy talk”)
• 嘯笛(うそぶえ) (usobue): whistling with one's mouth
• 息嘯(おきそ) (okiso): a sigh
• 海嘯(かいしょう) (kaishō), 海嘯(つなみ) (tsunami): a tsunami, a tidal wave; a tidal bore
• 吟嘯(ぎんしょう) (ginshō): to sing or chant a poem or song; to wail in grief
• 虎嘯(こしょう) (koshō): a tiger's roar; (metaphor) a hero's appearance
• 嘯聚(しょうしゅ) (shōshu): calling people together (especially by whistling)
• 嘯集(しょうしゅう) (shōshū): calling people together (especially by whistling)
• 嘯風弄月(しょうふうろうげつ) (shōfū rōgetsu): love for nature and poetry and other elegance
• 空嘯(そらうそ) (sorauso): absent-minded whistling
• 長嘯(ちょうしょう) (chōshō): whistling for a long time; singing or chanting for a long time

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Japanese. Appears in poem 1753 of the Man'yōshū, a poetry compilation completed around 759 CE, in the compound form 嘯鳴 (usobuki; see below).

Noun

嘯(うそ) • (uso) 

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a whistle (sound), a whistling sound

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 嘯歎(うそなげき) (usonageki): a whistling wail; quiet grieving

Etymology 2

嘯 (usofuki): the “whistling” mask used in kyōgen performances.

Kanji in this term
嘯
うそふ(き) Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Compound of .

Alternative forms

• 嘯吹

Noun

嘯(うそふき) • (usofuki) 

1. the clownish “whistling” mask used in 狂言 (kyōgen, “a farce performed between noh plays”, literally “crazy talk”)

Synonyms

• ひょっとこ (hyottoko)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
嘯
うそぶ(き) Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Originally a compound of . The fuki changes to buki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

嘯(うそぶき) • (usobuki) 

1. whistling, making a whistling sound

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 嘯顔(うそぶきがお) (usobukigao): a whistling face, with the lips pursed
• 嘯口(うそぶきぐち) (usobukiguchi): a whistling mouth, with the lips pursed

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Korean

Hanja

嘯 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so)

1. roar, howl, scream
2. whistle

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嘯 (khiếu)

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