7 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

bark, howl, cry

Kun'yomi
  • ほえ
  • to bark ②to howl (of the wind) ③to yell
On'yomi
  • ハイ
  • ベイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

える 100.0%

Character Breakdown

bark, howl, cry
ほ.える ハイ ベイ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
dog
いぬ ケン (1st, N4)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

to bark ②to howl (of the wind) ③to yell
(distant) howling ②backbiting
barking over nothing (of a dog)
to bark at and chase
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References

Unicode hex code 5420
JIS X 0208 1-43-42
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 897
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 739
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 269
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2170
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2288
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3331
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d4.1
Four corner code 6303.4