How to write 啸

啸 xiào (verb) 【本义】: 撮口作声，打口哨 (Original meaning): To make a sound by pursing the lips, to whistle. 1. 撮口作声，打口哨 ([En.] whistle) Examples: - 啸歌 (singing), - 啸傲 (to howl proudly), - 啸聚 (to call together, such as “啸聚山林” – calling the mountains and forests together), - 呼啸 (to call). - 仰天长啸 (to let out a long howl towards the sky). 2. 动物拉长声叫 ([En.] howl; roar) Examples: - 虎啸 (tiger's roar), - 猿啸 (ape's howl). 3. 自然界发出的声音 ([En.] sound produced by nature) Examples: - 北风呼啸 (the north wind howls), - 海啸 (the roar of the sea). 4. 飞机或子弹掠过时发出的声音 ([En.] sound made by planes or bullets passing by) Examples: - 飞机尖啸着冲上蓝天 (the airplane shrieks as it rushes into the blue sky). - 炮弹呼啸而过 (the shell whizzes past). 【造字法】: 形声。从口，肃声 (Character formation): A phono-semantic compound. The radical is “口” (mouth) indicating sound, and “肃” (to calm or be serious) indicating the manner of the sound. 【引】: 1. 《说文》: 啸，吹声也。 2. 《诗·召南·江有汜》: 其嘨也歌 (the sound is also a song). 3. 《礼记·内则》: 不嘨不指 (not howling or pointing). 4. 《封氏闻见记》: 激于舌端而清谓之啸 (the sound produced by the tip of the tongue is called a howl). 5. 晋·陶渊明《归去来兮辞》: 登东皋以舒啸 (climb the eastern ridge and let out a howl). 6. 明·归有光《项脊轩志》: 俯仰啸歌 (to look up and down while howling and singing). 7. 明·魏学洢《核舟记》: 若啸呼状 (similar to a howling call). 8. 明·刘基《诚意伯刘文成公文集》: 倚修木而啸 (leaning on a tall tree and howling). 【例】: 如: 啸傲林泉 (to live in seclusion surrounded by tranquil forests and springs); 啸吟 (to howl and lament); 啸指 (to make sound by blowing through the fingers). 2. 呼召，号召 ([En.] call) Examples: - 啸引 (to call forth); - 啸召 (to summon); - 啸合 (to gather by calling); - 啸侣 (to call peers); - 啸侣命俦 (to summon companions); - 啸命 (to command loudly). 3. 鸟兽等的长声鸣叫 ([En.] howl; roar) Examples: - 鸟啸 (bird's cry); - 啸萃 (to gather by howling); - 啸吼 (long loud howls); - 啸风 (calling the wind); - 风嘶雨啸 (the wind shrills and the rain howls).