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Chinese symbol for “exclamation”

叫喊
jiào hǎn
exclamation; outcry; shout; yell

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exclamation is 叫喊 (jiào hǎn), defined as: exclamation; outcry; shout; yell.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

叫 jiào
cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
喊 hǎn
to shout, to yell, to call out; to howl; to cry
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “exclamation”

WordPinyinMeaning
感叹句 (感嘆句)gǎn tàn jùexclamation; exclamatory phrase
感叹语 (感嘆語)gǎn tàn yǔexclamation; expletive
感叹词 (感嘆詞)gǎn tàn cíinterjection (part of speech); exclamation
叹词 (嘆詞)tàn cíinterjection; exclamation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 叫喊.

WordPinyinMeaning
叫做jiào zuòto be called; to be known as
名叫míng jiàocalled; named
尖叫jiān jiàoto screech; to shriek
叫声 (叫聲)jiào shēngyelling (sound made by person); barking
呼叫hū jiàoto shout; to yell
叫作jiào zuòto call; to be called
呐喊 (吶喊)nà hǎnshout; rallying cry
大喊dà hǎnto shout

See also: Japanese symbol for “exclamation”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.