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The character 呜, written as 嗚 in traditional script, is a phono-semantic compound. Its left component is the mouth radical 口, indicating it represents a vocalization or mouth-produced sound. The right component is 乌 (simplified) or 烏 (traditional), which means crow or black but serves here solely as the phonetic element providing its pronunciation. 呜 functions as an onomatopoeia, transcribing low, drawn-out, resonant sounds like a howling wind, a blaring siren or train whistle, or the mournful sound of sobbing. In text, it serves as a phonetic tool to mimic acoustic phenomena or convey auditory expressions of distress and mechanical noise.
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火车呜呜地响。
小狗呜呜地叫。
风在窗外呜呜地吹。
他听到呜呜的警报声。
轮船的汽笛发出呜呜的长鸣。
远处的警车呜呜作响，越来越近。
每当夜深人静时，她总会想起那呜呜的哭声。
工厂的机器整天呜呜地运转，让人心烦意乱。