叫 — Chinese character
叫
jiào
cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
- Pinyin
- jiào
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 口 丩
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 丩
- Japanese
- 叫 as a kanji
Common words with 叫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叫做 | jiào zuò | to be called; to be known as |
| 名叫 | míng jiào | called; named |
| 尖叫 | jiān jiào | to screech; to shriek |
| 叫声 (叫聲) | jiào shēng | yelling (sound made by person); barking |
| 呼叫 | hū jiào | to shout; to yell |
| 叫作 | jiào zuò | to call; to be called |
| 叫醒 | jiào xǐng | to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse |
| 叫喊 | jiào hǎn | exclamation; outcry |
| 叫嚣 (叫囂) | jiào xiāo | to hoot |
| 叫好 | jiào hǎo | to applaud; to cheer |
| 乱叫 (亂叫) | luàn jiào | to inconsiderately shout |
| 吼叫 | hǒu jiào | to howl; to bellow; to yell |
English words written with 叫
叫 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.