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吠: bark

bark; howl
7 strokesNames & literary · More literary kanji (準1級 range)in 4 words here

Readings

On
ハイ・ベイ
Kun
ほえる・ほえる

The verb is ほえる; rendaku appears in 遠吠え (とおぼえ) and 吠え面 (ほえづら).

Key words

吠えるほえるto bark; to howl
遠吠えとおぼえhowl
吠え声ほえごえbarking voice
吠え面ほえづらtearful face (in 吠え面をかく)

Example sentences

Whenever a stranger comes to the door, the neighbor's dog barks fiercely.

A wolf's howl echoed across the moonlit mountain.

"You'll be crying soon enough," he said, as a sore loser.

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