吆 — Chinese character
吆
yāo
to cry, to bawl; to yell, to shout
- Pinyin
- yāo
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 口 幺
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 幺
Common words with 吆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吆喝 | yāo he | to shout; to bawl |
| 吆五喝六 | yāo wǔ hè liù | lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling |
| 吆呼 | yāo hū | to shout (orders) |
| 吆喊 | yāo hǎn | to shout; to yell |
| 赚吆喝 (賺吆喝) | zhuàn yāo he | (of a company) to gain recognition through promotional efforts; to spend money to win customers |
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.