# 吼 U+543C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543C

A Chinese character meaning “roar, shout; bark, howl”, read hǒu in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `吼` |
| Codepoint | U+543C |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543C |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `吼` `吼` |
| CSS | `\543C` |
| JavaScript | `\u543C` |
| UTF-8 | E5 90 BC |
| UTF-16 | 543C |
| Definition | roar, shout; bark, howl |
| Mandarin | hǒu |
| Cantonese | hau3 |
| Japanese | KOU KU HOERU |
| Korean | HWU |

## Related characters

- 吻 [U+543B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543B](https://unicodekit.com/char/543B)
- 吽 [U+543D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543D](https://unicodekit.com/char/543D)
- 吺 [U+543A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543A](https://unicodekit.com/char/543A)
- 吾 [U+543E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543E](https://unicodekit.com/char/543E)
- 吹 [U+5439 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5439](https://unicodekit.com/char/5439)
- 吿 [U+543F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-543F](https://unicodekit.com/char/543F)
- 吸 [U+5438 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5438](https://unicodekit.com/char/5438)
- 呀 [U+5440 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5440](https://unicodekit.com/char/5440)
- 吷 [U+5437 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5437](https://unicodekit.com/char/5437)
- 呁 [U+5441 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5441](https://unicodekit.com/char/5441)
- 吶 [U+5436 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5436](https://unicodekit.com/char/5436)
- 呂 [U+5442 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5442](https://unicodekit.com/char/5442)

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