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Kanji Detail for 嘯 - "whistle, roar, scold"

  • Meaning

    嘯 means "whistle, roar, scold."

    1. Whistle - To purse the lips and make a sound; to blow a whistle.

    2. Roar - To howl; to bellow.

    3. Scold - To rebuke.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    roar; howl; recite emotionally; feign indifference

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    roar, howl, scream; whistle

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (of people) to whistle; (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to roar, to howl; to scream; to whistle

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Puckering the lips to make a sound, clear and sharp on the tip of the tongue, is called 嘯 (whistling).
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