Character of the day is hǒu. If you use Heisig, it is character 99. It means ‘roar’.

You can make a couple of words with this character, distinguishing between roar as a verb and as a noun. Handy.

Even if you are a beginner at Chinese, like me, you will probably recognise jiào because it’s one of those words you always encounter in early Chinese lessons, when you learn to introduce yourself and exchange names.

What are you called? I’m called Sòng Yángguāng.

你叫什么名字?  我叫宋阳光.

Today’s sentence is “the wind howled through the trees”.