叫
to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,231 U+53EB
How 叫 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 丩 (phonetic, jiū)
How to remember it
call · Heisig RSH #1192
口 mouth + cornucopia
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丩
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丩 (jiū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丩 sound component | jiū | to connect, to join; vine |
| 收 | shōu | to collect, to gather, to harvest |
| 赳 | jiū | gallant, valiant |
Words containing 叫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叫化子 | jiào huā zi | variant of 叫花子[jiao4 hua1 zi5] |
| 叫花子 | jiào huā zi | beggar |
| 叫苦连天 | jiào kǔ lián tiān | to whine on for days (idiom); to endlessly grumble complaints; incessant whining |
| 呼叫中心 | hū jiào zhōng xīn | call center |
| 大呼小叫 | dà hū xiǎo jiào | to shout and quarrel; to make a big fuss |
| 叫法 | jiào fǎ | term; name; way of referring to sb or sth |
| 叫道 | jiào dào | to call; to shout |
| 叫车 | jiào chē | to call a cab (by phone); to request a ride (via an app) |
| 叫作 | jiào zuò | to call; to be called |
| 名叫 | míng jiào | called; named |
| 呼叫器 | hū jiào qì | pager; beeper |
| 叫好 | jiào hǎo | to applaud; to cheer |
| 叫声 | jiào shēng | yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals) |
| 号叫 | háo jiào | to howl; to yell |
| 呼叫声 | hū jiào shēng | whoop |
| 装穷叫苦 | zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ | to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom) |
| 叫板 | jiào bǎn | to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a … |
| 叫鸡 | jiào jī | rooster; cock; (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute |
| 尖叫鸡 | jiān jiào jī | squeaky rubber chicken |
| 叫春 | jiào chūn | to caterwaul; to call like an animal in heat |