吼

吼
hǒu = h + ou3
to roar / to howl / to shriek / roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage
吼 = 口 + 孔 : Hamlet (h) accidentally dropped his last mandarin (口) in the only hole (孔) in the outhouse (ou3) and howls (吼) loudly over his loss.

吼 character breakdown

口
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
孔
kǒng = ku + (e)ng3
surname Kong
孔 = 乚 + 孑 : Karl Koala (ku) created one 孔 cave dwelling by digging a hole (孔) into one of the engine's ((e)ng3) boulders using a shovel (乚). Unfortunately there are many mosquitoes (孑) and Karl tries to kill them using the shovel.
孔
kǒng = ku + (e)ng3
hole / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for cave dwellings
孔 = 乚 + 孑 : Karl Koala (ku) created one 孔 cave dwelling by digging a hole (孔) into one of the engine's ((e)ng3) boulders using a shovel (乚). Unfortunately there are many mosquitoes (孑) and Karl tries to kill them using the shovel.

Characters with 吼 as component

吼 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 吼

吼
叫
to howl
怒
吼
to bellow / to rave / to snarl
吼
吼
声
聲
roar
嘶
吼
to yell / to shout
急
吼
吼
impatient
河
河
东
東
狮
獅
吼
吼
lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom) / fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband

Sentences with 吼

吼 currently does not appear in any sentence.